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A note on the C/N and C/P ratio of the biological production in the Nordic seas Cover

A note on the C/N and C/P ratio of the biological production in the Nordic seas

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 50 (1998): Issue 1
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|Jan 1998
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v50i1.16027 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 93 - 109
Submitted on: Jun 4, 1996
Accepted on: Oct 8, 1997
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1998 Göran Broström, published by Stockholm University Press
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