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Improving Seagrass Grinding for Nutrient Analysis using the Precellys24-Dual
14 May 2014Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) are globally distributed marine plants that represent important coastal ecosystems for many fish species and provide ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling. This application note describes a sample preparation method using the Precellys24-Dual for the efficient processing of seagrass blades.
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