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  1. Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan

    Takuhei Shiozaki

  2. Earth Surface System Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan

    Takuhei Shiozaki & Naomi Harada

  3. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States

    Keisuke Inomura

  4. Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

    Amane Fujiwara

  5. Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan

    Yuu Hirose

  6. Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Fuminori Hashihama

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Shiozaki, T., Inomura, K., Fujiwara, A. et al. Reply to: Questioning High Nitrogen Fixation Rate Measurements in the Southern Ocean. Nat. Geosci. 15, 31–32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00874-2

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