Microcystin quota, cell division and microcystin net production of precultured Microcystis aeruginosa CYA 228 (Chroococcales, Cyanophyceae) under field conditions

Phycologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 667-674

  Lyck, Susanne ^a   Christoffersen, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0344703699     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-667.1     Document Type: Article

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