Assessment of environmental stresses for enhanced microalgal biofuel production - an overview

Frontiers in Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Dan ^a   He, Qingfang ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Environment; Microalgae; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062200934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2014.00026     Document Type: Short Survey

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