Seasonal variations in thalli and carrageenan composition of Gigartina pistillata (Gmelin) Stackhouse (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) harvested along the Atlantic coast of Morocco

Phycological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-149

  Amimi, Abdellah ^a   Mouradi, Aziza ^a   Bennasser, Laila ^a   Givernaud, Thiery ^b  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b SETEXAM   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Biological survey; Carrageenan; Gigartina pistillata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CARRAGEENAN; HARVESTING; RED ALGA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

GIGARTINA PISTILLATA; GIGARTINALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34247362911     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2007.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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