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Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen
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XI. Ecology of Aquatic Organisms. 1. Bacteria

Tritiated water as a means of assessing rates of microbial activity

With 4 figures and 1 table in the text

Pages 1348-1354 | Published online: 01 Dec 2017

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