Arsenobetaine is a significant arsenical constituent of the red Antarctic alga Phyllophora antarctica

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-175

  Grotti, Marco ^a   Soggia, Francesco ^a   Lagomarsino, Cristina ^a   Goessler, Walter ^b   Francesconi, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algae; Arsenic; Marine ecosystems; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EPIPHYTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RED ALGA; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANTARCTICA; CAPE EVANS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND; TERRA NOVA BAY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; IRIDAEA CORDATA; PHYLLOPHORA ANTARCTICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 46249083306     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN08025     Document Type: Article

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