Country boy to scientist

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-208

  Myers, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal photosynthesis; Assimilatory quotient; C.S. French; Chlorophylls; E.D. McAlister; Fluorescence; George Burr; Induction period; James Franck; Nitrate reduction; Photoinhihition; Spectrophotometry; Warburg manometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001691985     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00033119     Document Type: Article

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