Changes in the lipophilic photosynthetic pigment contents of different Microcystis aeruginosa strains in response to growth irradiance

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 443-453

  Woitke, P ^a   Hesse, K ^a   Kohl, J G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotene; Absorption spectra; Caloxanthin; Carotenoid glycosides; Chlorophyll; Echinenone; Myxoxanthophyll; Nostoxanthin; Oscillaxanthin; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000746837     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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