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Biosorption and degradation of butyltin compounds by the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum and the associated bacterial community at low temperature

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  1. Department of Oceanography, University of Québec at Rimouski, 310 Ursulines Avenue, G5L3A1, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

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  2. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Oceanology, 310 Ursulines Avenue, G5L3A1, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

    E. Pelletier

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Reader, S., Pelletier, E. Biosorption and degradation of butyltin compounds by the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum and the associated bacterial community at low temperature. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 599–607 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199080

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