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Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2961-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2961-2018
Research article
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16 May 2018
Research article |  | 16 May 2018

Nutrient availability and the ultimate control of the biological carbon pump in the western tropical South Pacific Ocean

Thierry Moutin, Thibaut Wagener, Mathieu Caffin, Alain Fumenia, Audrey Gimenez, Melika Baklouti, Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Karine Leblanc, Dominique Lefevre, Sandra Helias Nunige, Nathalie Leblond, Olivier Grosso, and Alain de Verneil

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