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Productivity in the surface waters of the sea is closely linked with water-sediment-organism processes at the benthic boundary.
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McCave, I.N. (1976). Organism-Sediment Relationships. In: McCave, I.N. (eds) The Benthic Boundary Layer. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8747-7_14
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