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Smith, D.C., Spivack, A.J., Fisk, M.R., Haveman, S.A., Staudigel, H., and the Leg 185 Shipboard Scientific Party, 2000. Methods for quantifying potential microbial contamination during deep ocean coring. ODP Tech. Note, 28 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/tnotes/tn28/INDEX.HTM>. [Cited YYYY-MM-DD]
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