Microorganisms in vortices: A microfluidic setup

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 392-398

  Marcos, ^a   Stocker, Roman ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40049099180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.392     Document Type: Article

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