An incubator for the simulation of a fluctuating light climate in studies of planktonic primary productivity

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Gervais, Frank ^a,b   Hintze, Thomas ^a   Behrendt, Horst ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oxygen; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Simulated in situ incubation; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS;

EID: 0033005085     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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