Assessment of Some Agarophytes from the Coastal Areas of Iloilo, Philippines II. Seasonal Variations in the Agar Quality of Gracilaria changii, Gracilaria manilaensis and Gracilariopsis bailinae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 1-6, 1996, Pages 123-128

  Pondevida, H B ^a   Hurtado Ponce, A Q ^b  

^a Univ of Southeastern Philippines   (Philippines)

^b SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRACILARIA CHANGII; GRACILARIA MANILAENSIS; GRACILARIOPSIS BAILINAE;

EID: 0030473585     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.123     Document Type: Article

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