Interaction of nitrogen source and light intensity on the growth and photosynthesis of the brown tide alga Aureococcus anophagefferens

Harmful Algae

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-360

  Pustizzi, Frances ^a   MacIntyre, Hugh ^b   Warner, Mark E ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureococcus anophagefferens; Brown tide; Light; Nitrogen; Organic nutrients; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOCOCCUS; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 7944231888     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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