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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3795-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3795-2018
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21 Jun 2018
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Transfer of diazotroph-derived nitrogen to the planktonic food web across gradients of N2 fixation activity and diversity in the western tropical South Pacific Ocean

Mathieu Caffin, Hugo Berthelot, Véronique Cornet-Barthaux, Aude Barani, and Sophie Bonnet

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