Recovery of Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson photosynthesis after a four-month dark period

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-422

  Malta, Erik Jan ^a,b   Brun, Fernando G ^a,c   Vergara, Juan J ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^a   Pérez Llorénz, J Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Cymodocea nodosa; Light; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 33749321311     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n3413     Document Type: Article

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