Modelling photosynthesis in shallow algal production ponds

Photosynthetica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-500

  Ritchie, R J ^a   Larkum, A W D ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

algal production ponds; Chlorella; Dunaliella; electron transport rate; light saturation curves; Phaeodactylum; photoinhibition; photosynthesis; photosynthesis vs. depth; primary productivity; pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEODACTYLUM;

EID: 84871403254     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-012-0076-9     Document Type: Article

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