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Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coralAcropora cervicornis

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX

    E. N. Powell, J. J. Kendall Jr., S. J. Connor, C. E. Zastrow & T. J. Bright

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Powell, E.N., Kendall, J.J., Connor, S.J. et al. Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coralAcropora cervicornis . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 362–372 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625556

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