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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3429-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3429-2015
Research article
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05 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 05 Jun 2015

Estimates of micro-, nano-, and picoplankton contributions to particle export in the northeast Pacific

B. L. Mackinson, S. B. Moran, M. W. Lomas, G. M. Stewart, and R. P. Kelly

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