Induction of both acid and alkaline phosphatase activity in two green-algae (chlorophyceae) in low N and P concentrations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 59-70

  Kruskopf, Mikaela Maria ^a   Du Plessis, Sandra ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Chlamydomonas sp.; Chlorella sp.; N and P nutrition; Phosphatase activity; Physiology; Vaal River

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; RIVERS;

GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VAAL RIVER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1842477325     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018166.15764.b0     Document Type: Article

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