Physiological ecology of photosynthesis in Prasiola stipitata (Trebouxiophyceae) from the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Phycological Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 208-216

  Kang, Eun Ju ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo A ^b   Garbary, David J ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Photosynthesis; Prasiola stipitata; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

PRASIOLA; PRASIOLA STIPITATA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84880511887     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12017     Document Type: Article

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