Mycosporine-like amino acids in phytoplankton: Biochemistry, physiology and optics

Marine Phytoplankton

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 119-144

  Moisan, Tiffany A ^a   Goes, Joaquim ^b   Neale, Patrick J ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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