Responses of growth rate, pigment composition and optical properties of Cryptomonas sp. to light and nitrogen stresses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2000, Pages 107-120

  Sciandra, A ^a   Lazzara, L ^b   Claustre, H ^a   Babin, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Chlorophyll a; Cryptophyceae; Fluorescence; Growth rate; Light limitation; Nitrogen limitation; Photoacclimation; Phycoerythrin; Quota

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIGMENT;

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; CRYPTOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034625875     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps201107     Document Type: Article

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