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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2857-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2857-2014
Research article
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28 May 2014
Research article |  | 28 May 2014

The role of ocean acidification in Emiliania huxleyi coccolith thinning in the Mediterranean Sea

K. J. S. Meier, L. Beaufort, S. Heussner, and P. Ziveri

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