Biological Principles of Mass Cultivation of Photoautotrophic Microalgae

Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Applied Phycology and Biotechnology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 171-204

  Richmond, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

cell density; culture maintenance; growth rate; light limitation; light regime; mass cultivation; optic path; photosynthetic efficiency; productivity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; PRODUCTIVITY;

CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MAINTENANCE; LIGHT LIMITATIONS; LIGHT REGIME; MASS CULTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 84886978318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567166.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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