Genetic and physiological variation in pigment composition of Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) and the potential use of its pigment ratios as a quantitative physiological marker

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 529-539

  Stolte, Willem ^a,b   Kraay, Gijsbert W ^a   Noordeloos, Anna A M ^a   Riegman, Roel ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Genetic variation; Light limitation; Nutrient limitation; Pigments; Turbidostat

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; TAXONOMY;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

EID: 0033850892     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99158.x     Document Type: Article

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