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Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains: The role of Calanus

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    Stig Falk-Petersen & Vladimir Pavlov

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Falk-Petersen, S., Pavlov, V., Timofeev, S., Sargent, J.R. (2007). Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains: The role of Calanus . In: Ørbæk, J.B., Kallenborn, R., Tombre, I., Hegseth, E.N., Falk-Petersen, S., Hoel, A.H. (eds) Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48514-8_9

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