Influence of high frequency light/dark fluctuations on photosynthetic characteristics of microalgae photoacclimated to different light intensities and implications for mass algal cultivation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 335-343

  Grobbelaar, Johan U ^a   Nedbal, Ladislav ^b   Tichý, Vladimír ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

culture systems; growth rate; intermittent light; mixing; oxygen evolution; photoacclimation; respiration; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 0030424666     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02178576     Document Type: Article

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