Azaspiracids: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Detection

Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 799-821

  Hess, Philipp ^a   McCarron, Pearse ^b   Krock, Bernd ^c   Kilcoyne, Jane ^d   Miles, Christopher O ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^e NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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EID: 84937161320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16662-27     Document Type: Chapter

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