Seasonal variations in the yield, gelling properties, and chemical composition of agars from Gracilaria eucheumoides and Gelidiella acerosa (Rhodophyta) from the Philippines

Botanica Marina

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Villanueva, R D ^a   Montano N E ^a   Romero, J B ^a,b   Aliganga, A K A ^c   Enriquez, E P ^c  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b Mindanao State University Tawi Tawi Tawi Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography Sanga Sanga   (Philippines)

^c ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELIDIELLA ACEROSA; GRACILARIA EUCHEUMOIDES;

EID: 0032941663     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.1999.020     Document Type: Article

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