Microalgae: The potential for carbon capture

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 722-727

  Sayre, Richard ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuel; biomass; carbon dioxide; global warming; microalgae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957934656     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.9     Document Type: Article

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