Applying ecological principles of crop cultivation in large-scale algal biomass production

Algal Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Smith, Val H ^a   Crews, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofuels; Biological control; Biomass; Cultivation; Pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900317609     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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