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Osborne, B.A., Sprent, J.I. (2002). Ecology of the Nostoc-Gunnera Symbiosis. In: Rai, A.N., Bergman, B., Rasmussen, U. (eds) Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48005-0_13
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