Halogenating activity in an arctic population of brown macroalga Laminaria saccharina (L.) Lamour

Polar Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Mehrtens, Gabriele ^a   Laturnus, Frank ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA SACCHARINA;

HALOGENATION; MACROALGAE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

SVALBARD, NY-ALESUND;

EID: 0031405831     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1997.tb00724.x     Document Type: Article

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