Effect of shelf life of brown algae Sargassum wightii (Fucales/Phaeophyta) and Turbinaria conoides (Fucales/Phaeophyta) on alginic acid yield

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 108-110

  Ganesan, M ^a   Mairh, O P ^a   Subba Rao, P V ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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