The main seaweed foods in Japan

Kazutosi Nisizawa; Hiroyuki Noda; Ryo Kikuchi; Tadaharu Watanabe

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Hydrobiologia

September 1987, Volume 151, Issue 1, pp 5–29

The main seaweed foods in Japan

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Hiroyuki Noda
Ryo Kikuchi
Tadaharu Watanabe

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Kazutosi Nisizawa
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Hiroyuki Noda
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Ryo Kikuchi
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Tadaharu Watanabe
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1.Department of Fisheries, College of Agriculture & Veterinary MedicineNihon UniversitySetagaya, TokyoJapan
2.Faculty of FisheriesMie UniversityTsu, MieJapan
3.Tokai Regional Fisheries Research LaboratoryChuo, TokyoJapan
4.Tokushima Prefectural Food Research InstituteTokushimaJapan

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