Principles of photobioreactor design

Microalgal Biotechnology: Potential and Production

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 151-179

  Acien Fernandez F G ^a   Fernandez Sevilla J M ^a   Grima, E Molina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

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