Articles | Volume 8, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-3609-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-3609-2011
Research article
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12 Dec 2011
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2011

Bio-optical provinces in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and their biogeographical relevance

B. B. Taylor, E. Torrecilla, A. Bernhardt, M. H. Taylor, I. Peeken, R. Röttgers, J. Piera, and A. Bracher

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