Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of coccolithophore fluxes from the upwelling region off Cape Blanc, NW Africa

Koebrich, M. I.; Baumann, K.-H.; Fischer, G.

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Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of coccolithophore fluxes from the upwelling region off Cape Blanc, NW Africa

M. I. Koebrich, K.-H. Baumann, and G. Fischer

M. I. Koebrich

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany

K.-H. Baumann

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany

G. Fischer

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany

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