Towards understanding the nature of algal inhibitors from barley straw

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 301-305

  Ridge, Irene ^a   Pillinger, J M ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

algal control; barley straw; brown rotted wood; lignin; oxidised polyphenolics; white rotted wood

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0030439613     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012772     Document Type: Article

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