Spontaneous assembly of exopolymers from phytoplankton

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-747

  Ding, Yong Xue ^a,b   Hung, Chin Chang ^c   Santschi, Peter H ^d   Verdugo, Pedro ^a   Chin, Wei Chun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Merced   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Exopolymeric subatances (EPS); Microgel; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXOPOLYMER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBSTRATE;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 72149101002     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.08.26.01(Oc)     Document Type: Article

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