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Analytical pyrolysis as a taxonomic tool in Gracilaria (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales)

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  1. R. J. Helleur

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, A1B 3X7, St. John's, NF, Canada

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  1. National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, B3H 3Z1, Halifax, NS, Canada

    C. J. Bird & J. McLachlan

  2. Department of Chemistry, Acadia University, B0P 1X0, Wolfville, NS, Canada

    R. J. Helleur & E. R. Hayes

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Bird, C.J., Helleur, R.J., Hayes, E.R. et al. Analytical pyrolysis as a taxonomic tool in Gracilaria (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales). Hydrobiologia 151, 207–211 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046130

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