Sinking rates of particles in biogenic silica- and carbonate-dominated production systems of the Atlantic Ocean: implications for the organic carbon fluxes to the deep ocean
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1 Faculty of Geosciences and MARUM, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter and Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany 2 Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstrasse, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany Received: 29 February 2008 – Accepted: 29 February 2008 – Published: 16 June 2008 Correspondence to: G. Fischer ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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