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Nutritive Values of Shrimp Flour

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THIS communication presents some new data and ideas concerning the chemical constituents and potential uses for shrimp of the south Atlantic Ocean, and points the way to further systematic investigations of the links in selected food chains, such as that of phytoplankton→zooplankton→fishery resources.

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BURKHOLDER, P., BURKHOLDER, L. & CENTENO, P. Nutritive Values of Shrimp Flour. Nature 211, 860–861 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211860a0

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