Articles | Volume 13, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11609-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11609-2013
Research article
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02 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2013

Stable atmospheric methane in the 2000s: key-role of emissions from natural wetlands

I. Pison, B. Ringeval, P. Bousquet, C. Prigent, and F. Papa

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