Effects of nitrogen limitation and starvation on Chroococcidiopsis sp. (Chroococcales)

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Billi, Daniela ^a   Caiola, Maria Grilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chroococcidiopsis; N limitation; N starvation; Oxygen exchange; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010936430     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01925.x     Document Type: Article

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