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A review of the Si cycle in the modem ocean: recent progress and missing gaps in the application of biogenic opal as a paleoproductivity proxy, Ragueneau, O.; Treguer, P.; Leynaert, A.; Anderson, R. F.; Brzezinski, M. A.; DeMaster, D. J.; Dugdale, R. C.; Dymond, J.; Fischer, G.; Francois, R.; Heinze, C.; Maier-Reimer, E.; Martin-Jezequel, V.; Nelson, D. M.; Queguiner, B. , Global and Planetary Change, Dec 15, Volume 26, Issue 4, p.317-365, (2000) Abstract

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