Uptake, efflux, and photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon by the marine eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis sp.

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 969-974

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Tchernov, Dan ^b   Kaplan, Aaron ^b   Huertas, Emma ^c   Lubian, Luis M ^c   Livne, Alexander ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate uptake; Carbon accumulation ratio; Inorganic carbon; Nannochloropsis sp.; Photosynthetic carbon utilization

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON UPTAKE; INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCLOROPSIS;

EID: 0031413753     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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