Carbon accumulation in Mediterranean rhodolith beds during the Holocene

de Juan, Silvia; Smazal, Ryan; Lo Iacono, Claudio; Gil, Maria del Mar; Cabrito, Andrea; Ospina-Alvarez, Andres; Guillén, Jorge; Cott, Grace M.; Illa-López, Laia; Hinz, Hilmar; Maynou, Francesc

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Carbon accumulation in Mediterranean rhodolith beds during the Holocene

Silvia de Juan, Ryan Smazal, Claudio Lo Iacono, Maria del Mar Gil, Andrea Cabrito, Andres Ospina-Alvarez, Jorge Guillén, Grace M. Cott, Laia Illa-López, Hilmar Hinz, and Francesc Maynou

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