Photosynthetic performance, lipid production and biomass composition in response to nitrogen limitation in marine microalgae

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-77

  Jiang, Yuelu ^a   Yoshida, Tomomi ^a,c   Quigg, Antonietta ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Chlorophyll fluorescence; FIRe; FTIR; Lipid; Microalgae; Nitrogen limitation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FERTILIZER; LIPID; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 84862812253     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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