OCEANOGRAPHY and MARINE BIOLOGY AN ANNUAL REVIEW Volume 42
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OCEANOGRAPHY and MARINE BIOLOGY AN ANNUAL REVIEW Volume 42 Editors R.N. Gibson
Scottish Association for Marine Science The Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory Oban, Argyll, Scotland
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R.J.A. Atkinson
University Marine Biology Station Millport University of London Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland
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J.D.M. Gordon
Scottish Association for Marine Science The Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory Oban, Argyll, Scotland
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Founded by Harold Barnes
CRC PR E S S Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
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Contents Preface Convective Chimneys in the Greenland Sea: A Review of Recent Observations
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Peter Wadhams
The Role of Dimethylsulphoxide in the Marine Biogeochemical Cycle of Dimethylsulphide
29
Angela D. Hatton, Louise Darroch & Gill Malin
The Essential Role of Exopolymers (EPS) in Aquatic Systems
57
Roger S. Wotton
Marine Microbial Thiotrophic Ectosymbioses
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J. Ott, M