The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

Andrew J. Pershing; Line B. Christensen; Nicholas R. Record; Graham D. Sherwood; Peter B. Stetson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012444

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The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

Andrew J. Pershing ,

* E-mail: andrew.pershing@maine.edu

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America
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Line B. Christensen,

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Nicholas R. Record,

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America
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Graham D. Sherwood,

Affiliation Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America
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Peter B. Stetson

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America
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The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

Andrew J. Pershing,
Line B. Christensen,
Nicholas R. Record,
Graham D. Sherwood,
Peter B. Stetson

Published: August 26, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012444

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