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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3919-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3919-2014
Research article
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25 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2014

Coccolithophores on the north-west European shelf: calcification rates and environmental controls

A. J. Poulton, M. C. Stinchcombe, E. P. Achterberg, D. C. E. Bakker, C. Dumousseaud, H. E. Lawson, G. A. Lee, S. Richier, D. J. Suggett, and J. R. Young

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