Effects of salinity, light intensity and sediment on growth, pigments, agar production and reproduction in Gracilaria tenuistipitata from Songkhla Lagoon in Thailand

Phycological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-178

  Bunsom, Chaloemphon ^a   Prathep, Anchana ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agar production; Gracilaria tenuistipitata; Growth; Light intensity; Salinity; Sediment; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CULTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LAGOON; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; RED ALGA; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE;

SONGKHLA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84865278056     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2012.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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