Physiological responses of the green alga Dunaliella parva (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) to controlled incremental changes in the N source

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 925-934

  Giordano, Mario ^a   Norici, Alessandra ^a   Gilmour, Daniel J ^b   Raven, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Chlorophyll fluorescence; FTIR spectroscopy; Homeostasis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; HOMEOSTASIS;

ALGAE;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GREEN ALGA; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA PARVA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34548662421     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07049     Document Type: Article

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