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 β’ 143 ppm aliphatic hydrocarbons by dry weight and 11.8 β’ 22.7 ppm aromatic and polyolefinic hydrocarbons. The aliphatic constituents of red algae are composed almos