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Catabolic rates, population sizes and doubling/replacement times of microorganisms in natural settings

Douglas E. LaRowe and Jan P. Amend
American Journal of Science March 2015, 315 (3) 167-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/03.2015.01
Douglas E. LaRowe
* Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0740, USA
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Jan P. Amend
* Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0740, USA
** Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0371, USA
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    • INTRODUCTION
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    • QUANTIFYING BIOMASS CHANGE
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