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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3207-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3207-2017
Research article
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06 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2017

Preface: The Oligotrophy to the UlTra-oligotrophy PACific Experiment (OUTPACE cruise, 18 February to 3 April 2015)

Thierry Moutin, Andrea Michelangelo Doglioli, Alain de Verneil, and Sophie Bonnet

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The overall goal of OUTPACE was to obtain a successful representation of the interactions between planktonic organisms and the cycle of biogenic elements in the western tropical South Pacific Ocean across trophic and N2 fixation gradients. The international OUTPACE cruise took place between 18 February and 3 April 2015 aboard the RV L’Atalante and involved 60 scientists. The transect covered ~4 000 km from the western part of the Melanesian archipelago to the western boundary of the gyre.
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