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Preliminary study on the alginate contents of Sargassum spp. in Balibago, Calatagan, Philippines

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Ang, P.O. Preliminary study on the alginate contents of Sargassum spp. in Balibago, Calatagan, Philippines. Hydrobiologia 116, 547–550 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027743

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