Unrecognized diversity and distribution of soil algae from Maritime Antarctica (Fildes Peninsula, King George Island) [PDF]
IntroductionEukaryotic algae in the top few centimeters of fellfield soils of ice-free Maritime Antarctica have many important effects on their habitat, such as being significant drivers of organic matter input into the soils and reducing the impact of ...
Nataliya Rybalka +10 more
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Distribution of Chromophytic Phytoplankton in the Eddy-Induced Upwelling Region of the West Pacific Ocean Revealed Using rbcL Genes [PDF]
Marine chromophytic phytoplankton are a diverse group of algae and contribute significantly to the total oceanic primary production. However, the spatial distribution of chromophytic phytoplankton is understudied in the West Pacific Ocean (WPO).
Laxman Pujari +8 more
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Nitrogen and phosphorus stress as a tool to induce lipid production in microalgae [PDF]
Microalgae, capable of accumulating large amounts of lipids, are of great value for biodiesel production. The high cost of such production stimulates the search for cultivation conditions that ensure their highest productivity.
Yevhen Maltsev +2 more
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The growth, lipid accumulation and adaptation mechanism in response to variation of temperature and nitrogen supply in psychrotrophic filamentous microalga Xanthonema hormidioides (Xanthophyceae) [PDF]
Background Microalgae are promising feedstocks for production of renewable biofuels and value-added bioproducts. Temperature and nitrogen supply are important environmental and nutritional factors affecting the growth and metabolism of microalgae ...
Baoyan Gao +5 more
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Algas y Cyanobacteria presentes en la rizosfera de plantas acumuladoras de plomo
Introducción y objetivos: Las especies de algas y Cyanobacteria que crecen en sitios contaminados pueden acumular altas concentraciones de metales pesados.
Alejandra G. Becerra +5 more
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The study was designed to assess the water quality based on physico-chemical parameters and phytoplankton communities of eight lentic water bodies of Haryana which are famous for mass bathing and religious rituals taking place here.
Pooja Devi, Anita Bhatnagar
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Effects of fires on vascular plant and microalgae communities of steppe ecosystems
The article is focused on a hypothesis verification: the higher plants, microalgae and cyanobacteria may be used in bioindication of steppe ecosystem restoration dynamics after fires.
V. V. Shcherbyna +3 more
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Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park is a semiarid wetland that exhibits a high biodiversity but is suffering an inexorable eutrophication process. The study of the phytoplankton in this wetland is interesting because of its hydrological fluctuations ...
Elizabeth Ortega-Mayagoitia, Carmen Rojo
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Phycological biodiversity at the Natural Park Serra da Enciña da Lastra (Ourense, Spain)
We have studied the phycological diversity at the Natural Park of Serra da Enciña da Lastra (Ourense, Spain) and present here the algae checklist of the Galir river, the only permanent fluvial course in the area.
M. del Carmen López Rodríguez +2 more
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Congruence of chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded DNA sequence variations used to assess species boundaries in the soil microalga Heterococcus (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). [PDF]
BackgroundHeterococcus is a microalgal genus of Xanthophyceae (Stramenopiles) that is common and widespread in soils, especially from cold regions. Species are characterized by extensively branched filaments produced when grown on agarized culture medium.
Andersen, Robert A +3 more
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