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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-309-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-309-2012
Research article
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16 Jan 2012
Research article |  | 16 Jan 2012

Pteropods from the Caribbean Sea: variations in calcification as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation

D. Wall-Palmer, M. B. Hart, C. W. Smart, R. S. J. Sparks, A. Le Friant, G. Boudon, C. Deplus, and J. C. Komorowski

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