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Original Articles

The Impacts of Environmental Pollutants on Microalgae and Cyanobacteria

BALASUBRAMANIAN RAMAKRISHNAN Division of Crop Production, Soil Science and Microbiology, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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MALLAVARAPU MEGHARAJ Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation (CERAR), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of Environment (CRC CARE), Salisbury South, Australia
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KADIYALA VENKATESWARLU Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India
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RAVI NAIDU Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation (CERAR), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of Environment (CRC CARE), Salisbury South, Australia
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NAMBRATTIL SETHUNATHAN Sri Venkateswara Officers Colony, Ramakrishnapuram, Secunderabad, India
Pages 699-821 | Published online: 27 Jul 2010

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