Grazers: the overlooked threat to the sustained production of future algal biofuels

Biofuels

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 459-461

  Day, John G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

algal biofuel; amoeba; biological constraints; ciliates; grazers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883259301     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.13.29     Document Type: Editorial

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