Light absorption and scattering by cell suspensions of some cyanobacteria and microalgae

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-425

  Merzlyak, M N ^a   Chivkunova, O B ^a   Maslova, I P ^b   Naqvi, K R ^c   Solovchenko, A E ^a   Klyachko Gurvich, G L ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cyanobacteria; Diatom algae; Green algae; Red algae; Scattering; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROGLOEOPSIS FRITSCHII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; DUNALIELLA MARITIMA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM PURPUREUM; RHODOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 43749115756     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1021443708030199     Document Type: Article

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