Optimum growth conditions and light utilization efficiency of Spirulina platensis (= Arthrospira fusiformis) (Cyanophyta) from Lake Chitu, Ethiopia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-109

  Kebede, Elizabeth ^a,b   Ahlgren, Gunnel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; Chitu; Ethiopia; growth; light; nutrient status; quantum yield; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GROWTH; LIGHT INTENSITY; SALINE LAKE;

ETHIOPIA, LAKE CHITU;

ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0030303138     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016689     Document Type: Article

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