Sterols as ecological indicators

1979/05/01 by Wen-Yen Huang, W.G. Meinschein, W. G. Meinschein · 1,552 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · #Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies #Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography #Biology #Ecology #Environmental science #Geology #Oceanography #Plankton #Sterol

paper · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(79)90257-6

published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 43(5), 739-745 (Elsevier BV)

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