Effects of media N:P ratio on extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production of the brown tide-forming alga, Aureoumbra lagunensis

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Buskey, Edward ^b  

^a LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BROWN TIDE; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS;

EID: 0142153761     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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