Growth and nitrate reductase activity of Chlorella fusca cells as affected by long term salinity

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-427

  Shafea, A A ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calcium chloride; Magnesium chloride; Potassium chloride; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA;

EID: 0038356380     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024316107237     Document Type: Article

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