Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-781-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-781-2016
Research article
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11 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2016

Changing nutrient stoichiometry affects phytoplankton production, DOP accumulation and dinitrogen fixation – a mesocosm experiment in the eastern tropical North Atlantic

J. Meyer, C. R. Löscher, S. C. Neulinger, A. F. Reichel, A. Loginova, C. Borchard, R. A. Schmitz, H. Hauss, R. Kiko, and U. Riebesell

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