Ecological implications of cyanobacterial toxins in aquatic food webs

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 42-50

  Christoffersen, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0002799649     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6s-42.1     Document Type: Article

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