Growth-compensating phenomena in continuous cultures of Dunaliella tertiolecta limited simultaneously by light and nitrate

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1325-1339

  Sciandra, Antoine ^a   Gostan, Jacques ^a   Collos, Yves ^b   Descolas Gros, Chantal ^b   Leboulanger, Christophe ^b   Martin Jézéquel, Véronique ^c   Denis, Michel ^d   Lefèvre, Dominique ^d   Copin Montégut, Claire ^a   Avril, Bernard ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031402845     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.6.1325     Document Type: Article

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