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Ecology of Harmful Cyanobacteria

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina, 28557, USA

    H. W. Paerl

  2. Division of Environmental Sciences, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida, 32178-1429, USA

    R. S. Fulton III

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  1. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Kalmar, 391 82, Kalmar, Sweden

    Edna Granéli

  2. Biology Department and School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA, 02747, USA

    Jefferson T. Turner

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Paerl, H.W., Fulton, R.S. (2006). Ecology of Harmful Cyanobacteria. In: Granéli, E., Turner, J.T. (eds) Ecology of Harmful Algae. Ecological Studies, vol 189. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32210-8_8

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