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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-69-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-69-2014
Research article
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14 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2014

The CO2 system in the Mediterranean Sea: a basin wide perspective

M. Álvarez, H. Sanleón-Bartolomé, T. Tanhua, L. Mintrop, A. Luchetta, C. Cantoni, K. Schroeder, and G. Civitarese

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