Effect of temperature on photosynthesis-light response and growth of four phytoplankton species isolated from a tidal freshwater river

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-16

  Coles, James F ^a,b   Jones, R Christian ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aulacoseira granulata var. angustissima; Chlorophyll; Growth; Light; Merismopedia tenuissima; Microcystis aeruginosa; Oscillatoria sp.; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

AULACOSEIRA; MERISMOPEDIA TENUISSIMA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 0033865425     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.98219.x     Document Type: Article

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