Hydrodynamics and photosynthesis performance of chlorella fusca (Chlorophyta) grown in a thin-layer cascade (TLC) system

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-122

  Jerez, Celia G ^a   Navarro, Enrique ^b   Malpartida, Irene ^a   Rico, Rosa M ^a   Masojídek, Jiří ^c,d   Abdala, Roberto ^a   Figueroa, Félix L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chlorella fusca; In vivo chlorophyll fluorescence; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Photosynthesis; Productivity; Relative electron transport rate; Thin layer cascade

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84949115530     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00603     Document Type: Article

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