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Original Articles

Environmental conditions influencing growth rate and stalk formation in the estuarine diatom Licmophora flabellata (Carmichael ex Greville) C.Agardh

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Pages 197-208 | Received 25 Aug 2014, Accepted 09 Jan 2015, Published online: 15 Apr 2015

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