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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6639-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6639-2013
Research article
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23 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2013

Calcification intensity in planktonic Foraminifera reflects ambient conditions irrespective of environmental stress

M. F. G. Weinkauf, T. Moller, M. C. Koch, and M. Kučera

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