Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Largest Since 2002
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Metabolic Roles of Uncultivated Bacterioplankton Lineages in the Northern Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”
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عنوان ژورنال: Eos
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2324-9250
DOI: 10.1029/2015eo033929