Selecting Reliable and Robust Freshwater Macroalgae for Biomass Applications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lawton, Rebecca J ^a   de Nys, Rocky ^a   Paul, Nicholas A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGY; CLADOPHORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRY WEIGHT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEATING; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OEDOGONIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPIROGYRA;

BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; SEAWEED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878056827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064168     Document Type: Article

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