Physiological ecology of a species of the filamentous green alga Mougeotia under acidic conditions: Light and temperature effects on photosynthesis and respiration

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Graham, James M ^a   Arancibia Avila, Patricia ^b   Graham, Linda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; MOUGEOTIA; ZYGNEMATALES;

EID: 0029903908     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.2.0253     Document Type: Article

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