Intraspecific variation in the phlorotannin content of the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

Phycologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 378-383

  Pavia, Henrik ^a   Toth, Gunilla B ^a   Lindgren, Annelie ^a   Åberg, Per ^b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0141573375     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-42-4-378.1     Document Type: Article

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