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A Small Volume Bioassay to Assess Bacterial/Phytoplankton Co-culture Using WATER-Pulse-Amplitude-Modulated (WATER-PAM) Fluorometry
Published on: March 11, 2015
Microalgal bioassays as a test of pesticide photodegradation efficiency in water
C Rioboo1, D Franqueira, M L Canle
1Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, A Zapateira s/n, A Coruña, E-15071 Spain.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
|June 29, 2001
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