Sodium and potassium uptake of Ulva - Application of marine macro-algae for space agriculture

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1220-1223

  Yamashita, M ^a   Tomita Yokotani, K ^b   Hashimoto, H ^b   Sawaki, N ^c   Notoya, M ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Marine algae; Sodium; Space agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MACROS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AGRICULTURE MATERIALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH NA; HUMAN WASTE; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION; MACRO ALGAE; MARINE ALGAE; SALINITY LEVELS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 62649137511     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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