Organic and inorganic nutrient effects on growth rate-irradiance relationships in the Texas brown-tide alga Aureoumbra lagunensis (Pelagophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1223-1226

  Muhlstein, Harris I ^a   Villareal, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureoumbra lagunensis; Growth rate; Light; Organic nutrients; Texas brown tide

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOCOCCUS; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS; PELAGOPHYCEAE;

EID: 36849048160     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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