Influence of irradiance, dissolved oxygen concentration, and temperature on the growth of Chlorella sorokiniana

Photosynthetica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-311

  Ugwu, C U ^a   Aoyagi, H ^a   Uchiyama, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Photoinhibition

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA;

EID: 34247403359     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-007-0052-y     Document Type: Article

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