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Continuity of the species in the vastness of the deep ocean is ensured by adaptive mechanisms characteristic of pelagic organisms to promote sufficient reproductive success.

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  1. Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Ralf Schiebel

  2. Department of Geoscience, University of Tübingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

    Christoph Hemleben

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Schiebel, R., Hemleben, C. (2017). Reproduction. In: Planktic Foraminifers in the Modern Ocean. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50297-6_5

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