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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7293-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7293-2013
Research article
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14 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2013

On the role of mesoscale eddies for the biological productivity and biogeochemistry in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean off Peru

L. Stramma, H. W. Bange, R. Czeschel, A. Lorenzo, and M. Frank

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