Seasonal variations in the rate of pliotosynthetic activity and chemical composition of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucr.) Asch.

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-309

  Zavodnik, N ^a   Travizi, A ^a   De Rosa, S ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

C. nodosa; Chemical composition; Production; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005335138     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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