Phytoplankton structure in the tropical port waters of Singapore

The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 347-375

  Gin, Karina Yew Hoong ^a   Holmes, Michael J ^b   Zhang, Sheng ^b   Lin, Xiaohua ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3655-8_21     Document Type: Chapter

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