Content of aliphatic hydrocarbons in limpets as a new way for classification of species using artificial neural

J Hernández-Borges1, R Corbella-Tena, M A Rodríguez-Delgado

  • 1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, Brno 611 37, Czech Republic.

Chemosphere
|December 11, 2003
PubMed

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