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Effects of marine algal proximate composition on methane yields

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Date Issued:
1990
Title: Effects of marine algal proximate composition on methane yields.
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Name(s): Bird, Kimon T., creator
Chynoweth, David P., creator
Jerger, Douglas E., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Springer
Extent: 8 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3333169 (digitool), FADT3333169 (IID), fau:6264 (fedora), 10.1007/BF02179777 (doi)
Note(s): The suitability of different Gracilaria spp. and two Sargassum species for bioconversion to methane was determined through bioassays of methane yield. Gracilaria species and strains were excellent feedstocks for high methane yields, ranging from 0.28 to 0.40 m3 kg -1 volatile solids added. These yields ranged from 58 to 95% of theoretical stoichiometric yields. Methane yields were highly correlated with acid soluble carbohydrate components of the Gracilaria spp.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Bird, K. T., Chynoweth, D. P., & Jerger, D. E. (1990). Effects of marine algal proximate composition on methane yields. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2(3), 207-213. doi:10.1007/BF02179777
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #774.
Subject(s): Methane
Biogas
Gracilaria
Sargassum
Biomass
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333169
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02179777
Restrictions on Access: ©1990 Springer
Host Institution: FAU