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During the Indian Ocean Expedition many measurements of primary production were made with the 14 C technique and many hauls with nets from about 200 m were taken. One of the objects of the expeditions was to estimate primary and secondary production and the transfer coefficients, and to obtain a measure of tertiary production.
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Cushing, D.H. (1973). Production in the Indian Ocean and the Transfer from the Primary to the Secondary Level. In: Zeitzschel, B., Gerlach, S.A. (eds) The Biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65468-8_43
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