Synergistic effect of UV radiation and nutrient limitation on chlorella fusca (Chlorophyta) cultures grown in outdoor cylindrical photobioreactors

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-158

  Malpartida, I ^a   Jerez, C G ^a   Morales, M M ^b   Nascimento, P ^c   Freire, I ^c   Ezequiel, J ^d   Rico, R M ^a   Peralta, E ^a   Malapascua, J R ^a   Florez, Y ^a   Masojidek, J ^e   Abdala, R ^a   Figueroa, F L ^a   Navarro, E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bio optic; Biochemical composition; Chlorella fusca; In vivo chlorophyll fluorescence; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Photosynthetic pigments; Proteins; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84926330967     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00595     Document Type: Article

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