Effects of natural dissolved organic matter on mucilaginous matrices of biofilm communities

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-299

  Wetzel, Robert G ^b   Ward, Amelia K ^b   Stock, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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