Harvesting of the marine microalga Conticribra weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae) by cationic polymeric flocculants

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  König, Ricardo Bessler ^a   Sales, Rafael ^a   Roselet, Fabio ^a   Abreu, Paulo Cesar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conticribra weissflogii; Flocculation; FLOPAM; Marine; Microalga; Thalassiosira weissflogii

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; EFFICIENCY; MICROORGANISMS;

CONTICRIBRA WEISSFLOGII; FLOPAM; MARINE; MICROALGA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

FLOCCULATION;

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA;

EID: 84903123880     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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