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Uptake of Radiostrontium by an Alga, and the Influence of Calcium Ion in the Water

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PICKERING, D., LUCAS, J. Uptake of Radiostrontium by an Alga, and the Influence of Calcium Ion in the Water. Nature 193, 1046–1047 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931046a0

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