Preparation of Bryophyte Herbarium Specimens for the SEM Using Aerosol OT Solution in Combination with FDA Rapid Dehydration

Bryologist

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-389

  Hofmann, Maria ^a   Hilger, Hartmut H ^a   Frey, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0007421170     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3244099     Document Type: Article

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