Algal turf scrubbing: Cleaning surface waters with solar energy while producing a biofuel

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 434-441

  Adey, Walter H ^a   Kangas, Patrick C ^b   Mulbry, Walter ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; biofuel; ecological engineering; nitrogen; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 79958853201     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.6.5     Document Type: Article

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