Microenvironmental control of photosynthesis and photosynthesis-coupled respiration in an epilithic cyanobacterial biofilm

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 799-812

  Kühl, Michael ^a,b   Glud, Ronnie Nehr ^a   Ploug, Helle ^a   Ramsing, Niels Birger ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action spectra; Biofilms; Cyanobacteria; Diffusion; Flow; Light penetration; Microsensor; Oscillatoria sp; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030471321     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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