Effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on biomass production and pigment contents of Spirulina platensis in commercial operations under sunny and cloudy weather conditions

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 454-456

  Gu, Hongyan ^a   Gao, Kunshan ^b   Ma, Zengling ^b   Watanabe, Teruo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hainan DIC Microalgae Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Pigments; Spirulina platensis; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 18844396126     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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