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. 2017 Jun 1;68(14):3697-3699.
doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx226.

Cyanobacteria vs green algae: which group has the edge?

John Beardall  1 , John A Raven  2
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Cyanobacteria vs green algae: which group has the edge?

John Beardall et al. J Exp Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Ji X, Verspagen JMH, Stomp M, Huisman J. 2017. Competition between cyanobacteria and green algae at low versus elevated CO2: who will win, and why? Journal of Experimental Botany 68, 3815–3828.

Keywords: Algal blooms; CO2-concentrating mechanism; Microcystis; carbon dioxide; climate change; competition model; cyanobacteria; green algae; lakes.

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