Observations on the mechanisms of attachment of some marine fouling blue-green algae

Biofouling

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 161-173

  Scott, C ^a   Fletcher, R L ^a   Bremer, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Biofilms; Colonisation; Extracellular polymers; Marine blue green algae; Marine cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030483272     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927019609386277     Document Type: Article

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