Growth and silica content of the diatoms Thalassiosira weissfiogii and Navicula salinarum at different salinities and enrichments with aluminium

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-316

  Vrieling, Engel G ^a   Poort, Liesbeth ^a   Beelen, Theo P M ^b   Gieskes, Winfried W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Bacillariophyceae; Frustules; Navicula salinarum; Silicification; Thalassiosira weissflogii

Indexed keywords

NAVICULA SALINARUM; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 0032702383     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026299002206     Document Type: Article

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