Effects of solar radiation on the endemic Mediterranean red alga Rissoella verruculosa: Photosynthetic performance, pigment content and the activities of enzymes related to nutrient uptake

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-683

  Flores Moya, Antonio ^a   Gómez, Iván ^a   Viñegla, Benjamín ^a   Altamirano, María ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Eduardo ^a   Maestre, Cristina ^a   Caballero, Rosario M ^a   Figueroa, Félix L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase activity; Nitrate reductase activity; Photosynthesis; Rissoella verruculosa (Bertoloni) J. Agardh; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; RED ALGA; SOLAR RADIATION;

RISSOELLA VERRUCULOSA;

EID: 0031670692     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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