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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-825-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-825-2015
Research article
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11 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2015

Insight into Emiliania huxleyi coccospheres by focused ion beam sectioning

R. Hoffmann, C. Kirchlechner, G. Langer, A. S. Wochnik, E. Griesshaber, W. W. Schmahl, and C. Scheu

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