Analysis of formulae for determination of seaweed growth rate

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1831-1834

  Yong, Yoong Soon ^a   Yong, Wilson Thau Lym ^a   Anton, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Calculation; Formulae; Geometric progression; Growth rate; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887457277     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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