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Effect of the effluent from a chlor-alkali factory on a blue-green alga: Changes in the pigment content

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    Present address: Environmental Analysis Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, USA

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  1. Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Department of Botany, Berhampur University, Berhampur-760 007, Orissa, India

    B. P. Shaw, A. Sahu & A. K. Panigrahi

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Shaw, B.P., Sahu, A. & Panigrahi, A.K. Effect of the effluent from a chlor-alkali factory on a blue-green alga: Changes in the pigment content. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 618–626 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701944

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