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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1599-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1599-2014
Research article
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26 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 26 Mar 2014

Phosphate supply explains variation in nucleic acid allocation but not C : P stoichiometry in the western North Atlantic

A. E. Zimmerman, A. C. Martiny, M. W. Lomas, and S. D. Allison

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