Endogenous regulation of the growth-rate responses of a spring-dwelling strain of the freshwater alga, Chlorella minutissima, to light and temperature

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Aleya, Lotfi ^a   Dauta, Alain ^b   Reynolds, Colin S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Growth rate; Light; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

CHLORELLA; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA;

EID: 81355161545     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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