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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2113-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2113-2014
Research article
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16 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 16 Apr 2014

An assessment of the vertical diffusive flux of iron and other nutrients to the surface waters of the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean

S. C. Painter, S. A. Henson, A. Forryan, S. Steigenberger, J. Klar, M. C. Stinchcombe, N. Rogan, A. R. Baker, E. P. Achterberg, and C. M. Moore

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