Amino acid composition, protein content, and nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors of 21 seaweed species from Norwegian waters

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1001-1009

  Biancarosa, I ^a,e   Espe, M ^a   Bruckner, C G ^b   Heesch, S ^c,d   Liland, N ^a   Waagbo R ^a,e   Torstensen, B ^a   Lock, E J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Macroalgae; N Prot factor; Nitrogen; Protein; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991773761     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-016-0984-3     Document Type: Article

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