Spatial variation in polyphenolic content of Ascophyllum nodosum (Fucales, Phaeophyta)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 199-203

  Pavia, Henrik ^a   Åberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; brown algae; chemical defenses; phlorotannins; polyphenolics; seaweeds; spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 0029840505     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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