Light utilization efficiency in photosynthetic microbial mats

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 982-992

  Al Najjar, Mohammad A A ^a   de Beer, Dirk ^a   Kühl, Michael ^b,c   Polerecky, Lubos ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84859422128     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02676.x     Document Type: Article

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