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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3525-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3525-2013
Research article
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03 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2013

Concentration and vertical flux of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in sinking particles from two sites in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

M. C. Honda, H. Kawakami, S. Watanabe, and T. Saino

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