What was natural in the coastal oceans?

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2001-05-08

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.091092898PMID 11344287PMCID PMC33227
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