Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2017-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2017-2014
Research article
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10 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2014

Uptake of phytodetritus by benthic foraminifera under oxygen depletion at the Indian margin (Arabian Sea)

A. J. Enge, U. Witte, M. Kucera, and P. Heinz

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