Effects of sand burial on biomass, chlorophyll fluorescence and extracellular polysaccharides of man-made cyanobacterial crusts under experimental conditions

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-534

  Wang, WeiBo ^a,b   Yang, CuiYun ^a,b   Tang, DongShan ^a,b   Li, DunHai ^a   Liu, YongDing ^a   Hu, ChunXiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Extracellular polysaccharides; Man made cyanobacterial crusts; Microcoleus vaginatus Gom; Photosynthetic activity; Sand burial

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS;

EID: 34547179827     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0051-z     Document Type: Article

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