Response of the estuarine cyanobacterium Lyngbya aestuarii to UV-B radiation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-536

  Rath, Jnanendra ^a   Adhikary, Siba P ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Chlorophyll a; Cyanobacteria; Lyngbya aestuarii; Protein profile; UV B

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA AESTUARII;

EID: 34548403002     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-007-9166-7     Document Type: Article

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