Climate change and ocean acidification impacts on lower trophic levels and the export of organic carbon to the deep ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5831-5854

  Yool, A ^a   Popova, E E ^a   Coward, A C ^a   Bernie, D ^b   Anderson, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84995635528     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5831-2013     Document Type: Article

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