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Variability and trends of carbon parameters at a time series in the eastern tropical Atlantic Cover

Variability and trends of carbon parameters at a time series in the eastern tropical Atlantic

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|Jan 2016

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Language: English
Page range: 30305 - 30305
Submitted on: Nov 5, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 23, 2016
Published on: Jan 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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