Freshwater picocyanobacteria: Single cells, microcolonies and colonial forms

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time

Volumn 9789400738553, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-269

  Callieri, Cristiana ^a   Cronberg, Gertrud ^b   Stockner, John G ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Eco Logic Ltd   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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