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  1. Canada Research Chair in Wood and Fibre Quality, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6T 1Z4

    Shawn D. Mansfield

  2. Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 63B York Street, Sackville, N.B., Canada, E4L 1G7

    Felix Bärlocher

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  1. University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Manuel A.S. Graça

  2. Mount Allison University, Canada

    Felix Bärlocher

  3. Limnological Research Center, Switzerland

    Mark O. Gessner

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Mansfield, S.D., Bärlocher, F. (2005). Determination of Soluble Carbohydrates. In: Graça, M.A., Bärlocher, F., Gessner, M.O. (eds) Methods to Study Litter Decomposition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3466-0_12

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