Microbial biofilms as integrative sensors of environmental quality

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 111-126

  Snyder, Richard A ^a   Lewis, Michael A ^b   Nocker, Andreas ^a   Lepo, Joe E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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