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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-995-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-995-2014
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2014

The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump

A. Mitra, K. J. Flynn, J. M. Burkholder, T. Berge, A. Calbet, J. A. Raven, E. Granéli, P. M. Glibert, P. J. Hansen, D. K. Stoecker, F. Thingstad, U. Tillmann, S. Våge, S. Wilken, and M. V. Zubkov

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