Occurrence of arsenic species in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and in the marine algae Lessonia nigrescens and Durvillaea antarctica

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-472

  Chancho, Maria José Ruiz ^a,b   Sánchez, José Fermín López ^a   Rubio, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; Arsenosugars; Durvillaea antarctica; Inorganic arsenic; Lessonia nigrescens; Posidonia oceanica; Sargassum fullvellum

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; LESSONIA NIGRESCENS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 77954425696     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-009-9480-3     Document Type: Article

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