University of Vienna
Limnology
The present study reviews the options of cultivating the green alga, Chlorella emersonii, under photoautotrophic conditions with flue gas derived from a cement plant. It was conducted in the Lafarge Perlmooser plant in Retznei, Austria,... more
In this study, two extracting methods (sonication and dispersing) and three solvents (90% acetone, N,N′-dimethylformamide and methanol) were compared for their ability to extract chlorophyll a of freshwater phytoplankton. Measurements... more
Background The unbranched filamentous green alga Spirogyra (Streptophyta, Zygnemataceae) is easily recognizable based on its vegetative morphology, which shows one to several spiral chloroplasts. This simple structure falsely points to a... more