Temporal and spatial variation in agar from a population of Pterocladia capillacea (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 501-504

  Oliveira, Eurico C ^a   Saito, Rosa M ^b   Santos Neto, José F ^a   Garófalo, Gracinda M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Inst Pesq Tecnologicas do Estado   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agar; Brazil; Gelidiales; Pterocladia; Rhodophyta; seaweed

Indexed keywords

PTEROCLADIA CAPILLACEA;

EID: 0029805979     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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