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Research article
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16 Aug 2013
Research article |
| 16 Aug 2013
Autonomous, high-resolution observations of particle flux in the oligotrophic ocean
M. L. Estapa
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA, USA
K. Buesseler
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA, USA
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono ME, USA
G. Gerbi
Departments of Physics and Geosciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, USA
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