The environmental photobioreactor (ePBR): An algal culturing platform for simulating dynamic natural environments

Algal Research

Volumn 6, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 242-249

  Lucker, Ben F ^b   Hall, Christopher C ^b   Zegarac, Robert ^b   Kramer, David M ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae biomass; Algae pond depth; Environmental simulation; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84920659218     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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