Industrial-strength ecology: trade-offs and opportunities in algal biofuel production

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Genetically Engineered Algae for Biofuels: A Key Role for Ecologists

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Unimodal size scaling of phytoplankton growth and the size dependence of nutrient uptake and use

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ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL: WILL THE EVOLUTION OF WEEDS LIMIT THE ENTERPRISE?

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Daphnia in tadpole mesocosms: trophic links and interactions with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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Genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures for insect pest management and increased crop yields

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Synthetic ecology – A way forward for sustainable algal biofuel production?

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Exploiting diversity and synthetic biology for the production of algal biofuels

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Photosynthetic performance, lipid production and biomass composition in response to nitrogen limitation in marine microalgae

(2012) Yuelu Jiang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Biodiversity Increases the Productivity and Stability of Phytoplankton Communities

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Impairment of O-antigen production confers resistance to grazing in a model amoeba-cyanobacterium predator-prey system

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Physiological role of neutral lipid accumulation in eukaryotic microalgae under stresses

(2012) A. E. Solovchenko   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

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Resource demand implications for US algae biofuels production scale-up

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Lipid accumulation and growth of Chlorella zofingiensis in flat plate photobioreactors outdoors

(2011) Pingzhong Feng et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Evidence for a three-way trade-off between nitrogen and phosphorus competitive abilities and cell size in phytoplankton

(2011) Kyle F. Edwards et al.   ECOLOGY

Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities

(2011) W. Stanley Harpole et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Controls of microalgal biomass and lipid production in municipal wastewater-fed bioreactors

(2011) Belinda S.M. Sturm et al.   Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

The effect of species diversity on lipid production by micro-algal communities

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High-efficiency homologous recombination in the oil-producing alga Nannochloropsis sp.

(2011) O. Kilian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Algal biofuels from wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds

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Waste Utilization and Biodiesel Production by the Green MicroalgaScenedesmus obliquus

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Lipid analysis in Haematococcus pluvialis to assess its potential use as a biodiesel feedstock

(2010) M. Cecilia Damiani et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production

(2010) J.B.K. Park et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

A mechanistic basis for underyielding in phytoplankton communities

(2010) Andrea Schmidtke et al.   ECOLOGY

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition influences denitrification and nitrous oxide production in lakes

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Invisible invaders: non-pathogenic invasive microbes in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

(2010) Elena Litchman   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Algae to Other Bioenergy Feedstocks

(2010) Andres F. Clarens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scale-dependent carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus seston stoichiometry in marine and freshwaters

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Interactive effects of N:P ratios and light on nitrogen-fixer abundance

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Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity

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Microalga Scenedesmus obliquus as a potential source for biodiesel production

(2009) Shovon Mandal et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Toxigenic effects of diatoms on grazers, phytoplankton and other microbes: a review

(2009) Adrianna Ianora et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Lipid productivity as a key characteristic for choosing algal species for biodiesel production

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Producer Nutritional Quality Controls Ecosystem Trophic Structure

(2009) Just Cebrian et al.   PLoS One

Contrasting size evolution in marine and freshwater diatoms

(2009) E. Litchman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review

(2009) Teresa M. Mata et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

ECOLOGY: Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus

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The ecology of algal biodiesel production

(2009) Val H. Smith et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Microalgae for oil: Strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor

(2008) Liliana Rodolfi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

A green light for engineered algae: redirecting metabolism to fuel a biotechnology revolution

(2008) Julian N Rosenberg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY-WIDE RAMIFICATIONS OF AN ASSOCIATIONAL REFUGE ON SHALLOW ROCKY REEFS

(2008) Stuart Levenbach   ECOLOGY

Summer heatwaves promote blooms of harmful cyanobacteria

(2008) KLAUS D. JÖHNK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth phase-specific release of polyunsaturated aldehydes by the diatom Skeletonema marinoi

(2008) C. Vidoudez et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances

(2008) Qiang Hu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plant triacylglycerols as feedstocks for the production of biofuels

(2008) Timothy P. Durrett et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Eutrophication of lakes cannot be controlled by reducing nitrogen input: Results of a 37-year whole-ecosystem experiment

(2008) D. W. Schindler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CLIMATE: Blooms Like It Hot

(2008) H. W. Paerl et al.   SCIENCE

Engineering microbial consortia: a new frontier in synthetic biology

(2008) Katie Brenner et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Making sense of microbial consortia using ecology and evolution

(2008) Robert P. Goldman et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transgenics are imperative for biofuel crops

(2007) Jonathan Gressel   PLANT SCIENCE