Raceway pond cultivation of a marine microalga of Indian origin for biomass and lipid production: A case study

Algal Research

Volumn 6, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 201-209

  De Bhowmick, Goldy ^a   Subramanian, Ganeshan ^a   Mishra, Sandhya ^b   Sen, Ramkrishna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

GC analysis; Growth rate; Lipid content; MALDI ToF analysis; Marine microalgae; Raceway cultivation; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920654081     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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