The fate of marine autotrophic production

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1758-1766

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Cebrián, Just ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0001159336     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.8.1758     Document Type: Article

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