Ecophysiology matters: linking inorganic carbon acquisition to ecological preference in four species of microalgae (Chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1051-1063

  Lachmann, Sabrina C ^a   Maberly, Stephen C ^b   Spijkerman, Elly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acidophile; carbon acquisition; CCM; Chlamydomonas; Chlorella; CO2 supply; extremophile; inorganic carbon uptake kinetics; pH drift; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENEDESMUS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROALGAE; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84997831743     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12462     Document Type: Article

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