Carotenoid composition of terrestrial cyanobacteria: Response to natural light conditions in open rock habitats in Venezuela

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-375

  Lakatos, Michael ^a   Bilger, Wolfgang ^b   Büdel, Burkhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotene; Canthaxanthin; Carotenoid; Cyanobacteria; Inselberg; Light acclimation; Myxoxanthophyll; Table mountain; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CYANOBACTERIUM; INSELBERG; LIGHT;

VENEZUELA;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; GLOEOCAPSA SANGUINEA; SCYTONEMA CRASSUM; STIGONEMA HORMOIDES; STIGONEMA OCELLATUM;

EID: 0035210764     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260110001735518     Document Type: Article

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