Physiological comparison between colonial and unicellular forms of Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. (Cyanobacteria)

Phycologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-104

  Wu, Zhong Xing ^a   Song, Li Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); Electron transport rate (ETR); Photosynthetic rate; Unicellular and colonial Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 38549166725     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/07-49.1     Document Type: Article

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