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Primary production of arctic waters

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Using data that have become available during the last ten years we have reestimated the annual production by phytoplankton in the arctic marine ecosystem. The new figure is some sixteen times higher than an estimate made in 1975. This is of considerable significance regionally, but still does not, of itself, imply that global phytoplankton production is underestimated at present.

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Subba Rao, D.V., Platt, T. Primary production of arctic waters. Polar Biol 3, 191–201 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292623

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