Articles | Volume 13, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4637-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4637-2016
Research article
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18 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2016

The role of coccoliths in protecting Emiliania huxleyi against stressful light and UV radiation

Juntian Xu, Lennart T. Bach, Kai G. Schulz, Wenyan Zhao, Kunshan Gao, and Ulf Riebesell

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