Response of the ubiquitous pelagic diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii to darkness and anoxia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kamp, Anja ^a,b   Stief, Peter ^a,c   Knappe, Jan ^a   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; FUCOXANTHIN; NITROUS OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; DIATOM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOXIA; DARKNESS; DIATOMS; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 84891587150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082605     Document Type: Article

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