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THE importance of the phosphate content of water masses as a limiting factor in their organic productivity has long been recognized. The investigations of Mortimer1, Moore2, Stephenson3 and Rochford4 have stressed the importance of the bottom muds in the phosphate cycle.
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SESHAPPA, G. Phosphate Content of Mudbanks along the Malabar Coast. Nature 171, 526–527 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171526a0
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