Litter decomposition in a mountain cave water

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Galas, J ^b   Bednarz, T ^b   Dumnicka, E ^b   Starzecka, A ^b   Wojtan, K ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE

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