Volatile bromocarbons produced by Falkenbergia stages of Asparagopsis spp. (Rhodophyta)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1348-1352

  Marshall, Rhoda A ^a   Harper, David B ^a   McRoberts, W Colin ^b   Dring, Matthew J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHYLENE; BROMOCARBON; BROMOFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIBROMOMETHANE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; LIMNOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRIBROMOETHYLENE;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; HALOCARBON; RED ALGA;

ASPARAGOPSIS; ASPARAGOPSIS ARMATA; ASPARAGOPSIS TAXIFORMIS; FALKENBERGIA;

EID: 0032791382     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.5.1348     Document Type: Article

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