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Calcium Carbonate Production and the Response of Calcifying Organisms To A dissertation presented by Natalia Herrán Navarro In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen Germany June 2017 The present work was conducted from June 2013 to June 2017 at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen as part of the interdisciplinary SUTAS Leibniz Graduate School. Erstgutachterin: Prof. Dr. Hildegard Westphal Zweitgutachter: PD Dr. Miriam Pfeiffer Colloquium date: 29th September 2017 III IV ll dwelling in one The third and the smallest is So tell me, my child, are the house are strange right on the spot, three of them one? Abrothers three, and manage without him the Or are there but two? 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