Biophysical scenario of giant gel formation in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1048, Issue , 2005, Pages 524-527

  Svetličić, Vesna ^a   Žutić, Vera ^a   Zimmermann, Amela Hozić ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Marine gel; Marine vesicles; Mucilage phenomenon; Northern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUCILAGE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA;

EID: 25144506038     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1342.082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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