Removing constraints on the biomass production of freshwater macroalgae by manipulating water exchange to manage nutrient flux

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Cole, Andrew J ^a   De Nys, Rocky ^a   Paul, Nicholas A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER; FRESH WATER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OEDOGONIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PH; PROCEDURES; SEAWEED; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYTA; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PERCIFORMES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEAWEED; WATER;

EID: 84904390056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101284     Document Type: Article

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