Salinity and nitrate concentration on the growth and carotenoids accumulation in a strain of Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyta) cultivated under laboratory conditions

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-104

  Pasqualetti, M ^a   Bernini, R ^a   Carletti, L ^a   Crisante, F ^a   Tempesta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Dunaliella salina; Low irradiance; Nitrate; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879166598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv4n2p94     Document Type: Article

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