Biomass, energy contents and major organic compounds in the brown alga Lessonia nigrescens (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) from Mehuín, south Chile

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-559

  Westermeier, R ^a   Gomez I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LESSONIA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0030470169     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.553     Document Type: Article

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