Effects of Daphnia-associated infochemicals on the morphology, polysaccharides content and PSII-efficiency in Scenedesmus obliquus

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 618-625

  Yang, Zhou ^a,b   Kong, Fanxiang ^b   Shi, Xiaoli ^b   Xing, Peng ^b   Zhang, Min ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Colony formation; Extracellular polysaccharides; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COLONY; CRUSTACEAN; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CARINATA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 38049046096     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200710963     Document Type: Article

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