Survival of blue-green and green algae under stress conditions

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Gupta, S ^a   Agrawal, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; PHORMIDIUM BOHNERI; RHIZOCLONIUM CRASSIPELLITUM; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 33744907733     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932166     Document Type: Article

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