Photoacclimation in the phototrophic marine ciliate mesodinium rubrum (ciliophora)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Moeller, Holly V ^a,b   Johnson, Matthew D ^a,c   Falkowski, Paul G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Geminigera cryophila; Karyoklepty; Light limitation; Mesodinium rubrum; Myrionecta rubra; Photoacclimation; Quantum yield for growth

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; GEMINIGERA CRYOPHILA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MYRIONECTA RUBRA;

EID: 79953324140     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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