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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5309-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5309-2015
Research article
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17 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2015

Latitudinal and temporal distributions of diatom populations in the pelagic waters of the Subantarctic and Polar Frontal zones of the Southern Ocean and their role in the biological pump

A. S. Rigual-Hernández, T. W. Trull, S. G. Bray, A. Cortina, and L. K. Armand

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