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THE offensive odour given off from masses of rotting seaweed which occasionally accumulate on the shore is a not unfamiliar phenomenon of the seaside. There can be little doubt that an important constituent of the smell is sulphuretted hydrogen produced perhaps in part by the putrefactive reduction of the ethereal sulphates which form so marked a feature of many marine algæ.
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HAAS, P. The Smell Emitted by Seaweeds. Nature 135, 545–546 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135545c0
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