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STEM Challenges in Marine Biology Class: A “Sweet” Twist on the Classic Phytoplankton Sinking Rate Activity

By: Lisa Pike  
Open Access
|Dec 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cjme.70 | Journal eISSN: 2632-850X
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 13, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 16, 2022
Published on: Dec 16, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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