Applied diatom studies in estuaries and shallow coastal environments

The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 309-323

  Trobajo, Rosa ^a   Sullivan, Michael J ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b St Andrews’s North Campus ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.017     Document Type: Chapter

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