Quantification of diatoms in biofilms: Standardisation of methods

Biofouling

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-188

  Patil, Jagadish S ^a   Anil, Arga Chandrashekar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Diatoms; Fibreglass; Glass; Substratum

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; DIATOM; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFILMS; DIATOMS; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 29244446831     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010500241726     Document Type: Article

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