Cyanobacterial mats and stromatolites

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time

Volumn 9789400738553, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-125

  Stal, Lucas J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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