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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6185-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6185-2013
Research article
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01 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2013

Effect of ocean acidification on the benthic foraminifera Ammonia sp. is caused by a decrease in carbonate ion concentration

N. Keul, G. Langer, L. J. de Nooijer, and J. Bijma

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