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. Kumar, We also want to acknowledge the contribution of analyses and 789 data from the Baskaran laboratory at Wayne State University. Funding for ship time, sampling 790 operations, and hydrographic data was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation to the 791 US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect Management team of W, Jenkins

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