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. 2009 Feb 15;162(1):498-502.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.080. Epub 2008 May 23.

Effect of soda ash industry effluent on agarophytes, alginophytes and carrageenophyte of west coast of India

R N Jadeja  1 , A Tewari
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Effect of soda ash industry effluent on agarophytes, alginophytes and carrageenophyte of west coast of India

R N Jadeja et al. J Hazard Mater. .

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study on the impact of the effluent released by the soda ash industry on important red and brown macro algal species Gelidiella acerosa, Gracilaria corticata, Soleria robusta, Sargassum tenerrimum, Padina tetrastromatica in the tidal zone around Veraval, on the west coast of India, in the lowest low water tide of December 2003. The study examined the effect of effluent discharge on availability of biomass and percentage of phyco-colloids extraction such as agar, alginic acid and carrageen of these commercial seaweeds.

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