Use of algae for monitoring of heavy metals in the River Vardar, Macedonia

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-112

  Levkov, Z ^a   Krstic, S ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Epilithon; Gladophora; Heave metals; Vardar(Axios)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346816294     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.262     Document Type: Article

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