Photosynthetica, 2008 (vol. 46), issue 2

Photosynthetica 2008, 46(2):283 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-008-0049-1

Influence of shading inclined tubular photobioreactor surfaces on biomass productivity of C. sorokiniana

C. U. Ugwu1,*, H. Aoyagi1
1 Institute of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan

Shading of the tubular photobioreactor (PBR) surfaces that diminished solar irradiance to 70 % led to higher biomass productivity and greater accumulation of total chlorophyll and carotenoids compared to the values obtained when the PBR was completely exposed to full sunlight.

Keywords: algae; carotenoids; chlorophyll; flashing radiation; intermittent radiation

Received: June 14, 2007; Accepted: October 3, 2007; Published: June 1, 2008Show citation

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