Planktic shell thinning due to ocean acidification?
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Planktic foraminiferal shell thinning in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic ocean acidification? H. de Moel, G. M. Ganssen, F. J. C. Peeters, S. J. A. Jung, G. J. A. Brummer, D. Kroon, and R. E. Zeebe Department of Paleoclimatology and Geomorphology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Department of Marine Geology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, The Netherlands School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1000 Pope Road, MSB504, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Planktic foraminiferal shell thinning in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic ocean acidification?
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