The reliability of grazing rate estimates from dilution experiments
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J. R. Dolan and K. McKeon Marine Microbial Ecology Group, Laboratoire Oéanographique de Villefranche, CNRS UMR 7093, Université Paris VI, Station Zoologique, F-06230 Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France Received: 4 November 2004 – Accepted: 17 November 2004 – Published: 18 November 2004 Correspondence to: J. R. Dolan ([email protected]) © 2004 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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