Seasonal Pattern of Phototrophic Picoplankton in the Eutrophic Coastal Waters of the Northern Adriatic Sea

Botanica Marina

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 57-66

  Vanucci, S ^a   Acosta Pomar, M L C ^a   Maugeri, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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EID: 0028003175     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1994.37.1.57     Document Type: Article

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