Proximate Lignin and Cellulose

  • Mark O. Gessner
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Sulphuric Acid Litter Decomposition Corylus Avellana Aquatic Hyphomycetes Nutritional Ecology 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mark O. Gessner
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  1. 1.Department of LimnologyEAWAG, Limnological Research CenterKastanienbaumSwitzerland

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