Growth, dark respiration and photosynthetic parameters of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) acclimated to different day length-irradiance combinations

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 818-822

  Nielsen, Marianne V ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bio optical; Coccolithophoridae; Day length; Emiliania huxleyi; Growth; Irradiance; Photosynthetic rates; Phytoplankton; Quantum yield; Respiration

Indexed keywords

DARK RESPIRATION; GROWTH; LIGHT CLIMATE; LIGHT EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

COCCOLITHOPHORACEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030735938     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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