Photobiology and ecophysiology of rice field cyanobacteria

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 887-896

  Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a,b   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030478312     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb01852.x     Document Type: Review

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