The importance of extracellular carbohydrate productionby marine epipelic diatoms

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2003, Pages 183-240

  Underwood, Graham J C ^a   Paterson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36148939174     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(05)40005-1     Document Type: Review

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