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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5069-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5069-2017
Research article
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15 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 15 Nov 2017

Seagrass as major source of transparent exopolymer particles in the oligotrophic Mediterranean coast

Francesca Iuculano, Carlos Maria Duarte, Núria Marbà, and Susana Agustí

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