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Allelopathy in Harmful Algae: A Mechanism to Compete for Resources?

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Ecology of Harmful Algae

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

    E. Granéli

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, 3000, Helsingør, Denmark

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    Jefferson T. Turner

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Granéli, E., Hansen, P.J. (2006). Allelopathy in Harmful Algae: A Mechanism to Compete for Resources?. 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_15

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