Seasonal growth and photosynthetic performance of the Antarctic Macroalga Desmarestia menziesii (Phaeophyceae) cultivated under fluctuating Antarctic daylengths

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-31

  Gomez I ^a   Wiencke, C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; dark respiration; fluctuating day length; growth rates; Photosynthesis; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DESMARESTIA MENZIESII; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0343052708     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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