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巨大な植物プランクトンが北極海の氷の下で咲いています

Kevin R Arrigo1, Donald K Perovich, Robert S Pickart

  • 1Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. arrigo@stanford.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 9, 2012
PubMed
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北極海の固い海氷の下,大規模な植物プランクトン開花が発見された. この発見は,以前の仮定に異議を唱え,北極の一次生産が著しく過小評価されている可能性を示唆しています.

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