Real-time studies on microalgae under microgravity

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Wang, G H ^a   Li, G B ^a   Li, D H ^a   Liu, Y D ^a   Song, L R ^a   Tong, G H ^b   Liu, X M ^b   Cheng, E T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Microgravity; Population growth; Real time: Nostoc sphaeroides K tz; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GRAVITATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTROLLED ECOLOGICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (CELSS); MICROALGAE; MICROGRAVITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; NOSTOC; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHENZHOU-2 PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNMANNED; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; SHENZHOU-2 PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; UNMANNED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; GRAVITATION; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIGHT; NOSTOC; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 3142516296     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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