Effects of nitrogen on growth and carbohydrate formation in Porphyridium cruentum

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-162

  Razaghi, Ali ^a   Godhe, Anna ^a   Albers, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nitrogen to phosphorous ratio; Red algae; Redfield ratio; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887919040     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0248-z     Document Type: Article

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