Cultivation of nannochloropsis sp. in brackish groundwater supplemented with municipal wastewater as a nutrient source

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-177

  De Sousa, Louise Lins ^a   Da Hora, Dominique Silveira ^a   Sales, Emerson Andrade ^a   Perelo, Louisa Wessels ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brackish groundwater; Microalgae; Municipal wastewater; Nannochloropsis sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898624467     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132014000200003     Document Type: Article

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