Hydrocarbons in benthic algae from the e
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J. S. Lytle; T. F. Lytle; J. N. Gearing; P. J. Gearing
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Article
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1979
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Thirty-six samples of benthic algae were collected from the continental shelf along the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The algae contain 82.8 • 143 ppm aliphatic hydrocarbons by dry weight and 11.8 • 22.7 ppm aromatic and polyolefinic hydrocarbons. The aliphatic constituents of red algae are composed almos