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BL
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755083
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b575045
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Ramsamy Santhanam.
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| Title & Author
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Nutritional marine life\ Ramsamy Santhanam.
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| Publication Statement
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Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [, 2015] ©2015
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(xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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1482262061
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: 9781482262063
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| Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction --; chapter 2. Phytoplankton --; chapter 3. Seaweeds and marsh plants --; chapter 4. Jellyfis[h] --; chapter 5. Crustaceans --; chapter 6. Mollusks --; chapter 7. Echinoderms --; chapter 8. Prochordate --; chapter 9. Fish --; chapter 10. Turtles --; chapter 11. Mammals.
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| Abstract
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The nutritional benefits of marine flora and fauna are well known. Fish and crustaceans provide high-quality sources of amino acids-nutritionallyimportant proteins found in only small amounts in cereals and grains. Nutrients and minerals in seafood can improve brain development and reproduction and there are strong links between fish and heart health. Similarly, other organisms such as phytoplankton and invertebrates possess several nutrients of health importance. All of these benefits are critical to global nutrition and particularly important to food-deficient, low-income countries. The firs.
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Marine organisms.
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Nutrition.
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Seafood -- Health aspects.
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| LC Classification
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SH331.R367 9999
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Ramasamy Santhanam
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