Mercury increases light susceptibility in the green alga Haematococcus lacustris

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 222-228

  Xylander M ^a   Hagen, Ch ^a   Braune, W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hoemotococcus lacustris; Mercury; Modulated chlorophyll fluorescence; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

HAEMATOCOCCUS LACUSTRIS;

EID: 0030426203     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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