Thoughts on the "missing link" between saltworks biology and solar salt quality

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-425

  Oren, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphanothece; Crystallizer ponds; Dunaliella; Glycerol; Halite; Haloquadratum; Hypersaline; Osmotic solutes; Salinibacter; Salterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054770004     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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