Association between exudates of brown algae and polychlorinated biphenyls

LARA, RUBÉN JOSÉ; WIENCKE, CHRISTIAN; ERNST, WOLFGANG

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Springer

Lugar: Berling; Año: 1989 p. 267 - 270

0921-8971

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