Putting algae's promise into perspective

Biofuels

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 805-808

  Clarens, Andres ^a   Colosi, Lisa ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

algae biofuels; environmental lifecycle assessment; land use; water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955213925     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.73     Document Type: Review

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