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Plant Nutrients in the Sea

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I HAVE recently been attempting a valuation of potential fish production of the banks of the Seychelles-Mauritius arc. The figures following indicate that the suggestion to increase the fertility of suitable parts of the sea by the addition of fertilizers1 is an established process in certain places and circumstances in the ocean.

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WHEELER, J. Plant Nutrients in the Sea. Nature 155, 731–732 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155731b0

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