The gross chemical composition and fatty acid composition of 18 species of tropical Australian microalgae for possible use in mariculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-159

  Renaud, Susan M ^a   Thinh, Luong Van ^a   Parry, David L ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatty acid composition; Gross composition; Mariculture; Tropical microalgae

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; MARICULTURE; MICROALGA;

EID: 0033555372     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00399-8     Document Type: Article

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