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Changes in equatorial CO2 flux and new production estimated from CO2 and nutrient levels in Pacific surface waters during the 1986/87 El Niño Cover

Changes in equatorial CO2 flux and new production estimated from CO2 and nutrient levels in Pacific surface waters during the 1986/87 El Niño

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|Jan 1993

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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 79
Submitted on: Jan 22, 1992
Accepted on: Jul 31, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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