Life cycle of cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

Taiwania

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Nakahara, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Day length; Growth; Life cycle; PH; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE;

EID: 67650248290     PISSN: 0372333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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