Chemical and physical characterization of calcified red algal deposits known as maerl

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Blunden, Gerald ^a   Campbell, Sheelag A ^a   Smith, James R ^a   Guiry, Michael D ^b   Hession, Christopher C ^b   Griffin, Raymond L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Inorganic constituents; Lithothamnion; Maerl; Phymatolithon; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030816085     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007965325442     Document Type: Article

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