Reduced coccolith calcite production under light-limited growth: A comparative study of three clones of Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)

Phycologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 508-516

  Paasche, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA GROWTH; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONE; COCCOLITH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMICONTINUOUS CULTURE;

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033400137     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-38-6-508.1     Document Type: Article

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