Relationship between microcystin production and cell division rates in nitrogen-limited Microcystis aeruginosa cultures

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1604-1614

  Orr, Philip T ^a   Jones, Gary J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031771802     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1604     Document Type: Article

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