Chitin determination on marine seston in a shallow temperate estuary (Argentina)

ABSTRACT Chitin is one of the most abundant biopolymers in the planet. Chitin was quantified in seston fractions in order to obtain the first characterization of this polymer in the Bahía Blanca Estuary. Sampling was conducted at two sites: a non- impacted tidal channel -Bahía del Medio (BM)- and a...

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Main Authors: Florencia Biancalana, Germán Kopprio, M. Sofía Dutto, Anabela A. Berasategui, Anna Fricke, John E. Garzón-Cardona, Dieter Peterke, Rubén Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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