Phosphorus fuels Cladophora growth and self‑reinforcing adhesion via extracellular polysaccharides on hard substrata
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# These authors contributed equally to this work.
a Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
b China South to North Water Diversion Middle Route Corporation Limited, Beijing 100038, China.
c School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China.
d Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
e Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Monitoring, Early Warning and Protection for Watershed Aquatic Ecology, Wuhan 430010, China.
f Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Line Project, Beijing 100038, China.
g University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
* Corresponding to: Xinzong Xiao (xiaoxinzong@csnwd.com.cn), Ming Su (mingsu@rcees.ac.cn)
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