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On the origin of hydrocarbons in marine organisms
Murray, J.M.; Thomas, A.B.; Stagg, A.; Hardy, R.; Whittle, K.J.; MacKie, P.R. (1977). On the origin of hydrocarbons in marine organisms. Rapp. et Proc.-Verb. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 171: 84-90
In: Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions du Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer. Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer: Copenhague. ISSN 0074-4336
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McIntyre, A.D.; Whittle, K.J. (Ed.) (1977). Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment: Proceedings from ICES Workshop held in Aberdeen 9-12 September 1975. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions du Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, 171. Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer: Copenhagen. 7-230 pp., more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Plankton > Zooplankton
    Chemical compounds > Organic compounds > Hydrocarbons
    Food webs
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top 
  • Murray, J.M.
  • Thomas, A.B.
  • Stagg, A.
  • Hardy, R.
  • Whittle, K.J.
  • MacKie, P.R.
Abstract
    Using radiochemical techniques a study has been nmade of the aliphatic hydrocarbons of certain algae and also of a mixed zooplankton culture which had been allowed to graze on 14 C labelled Phaeodactylum. In each case only a small number of specific compounds in the alkane array were labelled. The much wider range of hydrocarbons found in harvested marine mixed plankton samples suggests that some of this hydrocarbon may be of exogenous origin.
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