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Original Articles

Nitrogen fixation amplifies the ocean biogeochemical response to decadal timescale variations in mineral dust deposition

J. Keith MooreUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA92697-3100, U.S.A.;Correspondence[email protected]
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Scott C. DoneyWoods Hole Oceanograhic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, MS #25, Woods Hole, MA02543-1543, U.S.A.;
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Keith LindsayNational Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Bouldery, CO80307-3000, U.S.A.;
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Natalie MahowaldNational Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Bouldery, CO80307-3000, U.S.A.;
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Anthony F. MichaelsUniversity of Southern California, Biology Department, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0371, U.S.A.
Pages 560-572 | Received 30 Nov 2005, Accepted 26 Jun 2006, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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