Cryopreservation of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta, Prymnesiophyceae)

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-422

  Houdan, Aude ^a   Véron, Benoît ^a   Claquin, Pascal ^a   Lefebvre, Sébastien ^a   Poncet, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Emiliania huxleyi; Life cycle; Quantum efficiency of PSII; Viability

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 26944460812     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-005-0065-5     Document Type: Article

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