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Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida

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Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida. / Lammertsma, Emmy I.; Donders, Timme H.; Pearce, Christof et al.

In: Quaternary Research, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2015, p. 287-300.

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Harvard

Lammertsma, EI, Donders, TH, Pearce, C, Cremer, H, Gaiser, EE & Wagner-Cremer, F 2015, 'Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida', Quaternary Research, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.003

APA

Lammertsma, E. I., Donders, T. H., Pearce, C., Cremer, H., Gaiser, E. E., & Wagner-Cremer, F. (2015). Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida. Quaternary Research, 84(3), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.003

CBE

Lammertsma EI, Donders TH, Pearce C, Cremer H, Gaiser EE, Wagner-Cremer F. 2015. Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida. Quaternary Research. 84(3):287-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.003

MLA

Lammertsma, Emmy I. et al. "Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida". Quaternary Research. 2015, 84(3). 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.003

Vancouver

Lammertsma EI, Donders TH, Pearce C, Cremer H, Gaiser EE, Wagner-Cremer F. Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida. Quaternary Research. 2015;84(3):287-300. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.003

Author

Lammertsma, Emmy I. ; Donders, Timme H. ; Pearce, Christof et al. / Sensitivity of wetland hydrology to external climate forcing in central Florida. In: Quaternary Research. 2015 ; Vol. 84, No. 3. pp. 287-300.

Bibtex

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