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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5267-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5267-2013
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05 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 05 Aug 2013

Scaling of growth rate and mortality with size and its consequence on size spectra of natural microphytoplankton assemblages in the East China Sea

F. H. Chang, E. C. Marquis, C. W. Chang, G. C. Gong, and C. H. Hsieh

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