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15 Dec 2010
The Impact of the Little Ice Age on Coccolithophores in the Central Mediterranea Sea
A. Incarbona, P. Ziveri, E. Di Stefano, F. Lirer, G. Mortyn, B. Patti, N. Pelosi, M. Sprovieri, G. Tranchida, M. Vallefuoco, S. Albertazzi, L. G. Bellucci, A. Bonanno, S. Bonomo, P. Censi, L. Ferraro, S. Giuliani, S. Mazzola, and R. Sprovieri
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