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The maximization of the productivity of aquatic plants for use in controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS)

Name: The maximization of the productivity of aquatic plants for use in controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS)
Creator: B.G. Thompson
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 0303 health sciences, Weightlessness, Biophysics, Space Flight, 15. Life on land, Biophysical Phenomena, Culture Media, Magnoliopsida, 03 medical and health sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 01 Mar 1989Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Acta Astronautica, volume 19, pages 269-273 (issn: 0094-5765,

Authors: B.G. Thompson;

doi: 10.1016/0094-5765(89)90039-8

pmid: 11541161

The maximization of the productivity of aquatic plants for use in controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS)

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Lemna minor (common duckweed) and a Wolffia sp. were grown in submerged growth systems. Submerged growth increased the productivity unit volume (P/UV) of the organisms and may allow these plants to be used in a controlled ecological life support system (CELSS).

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Weightlessness, Biophysics, Space Flight, Biophysical Phenomena, Culture Media, Magnoliopsida, Bioreactors, Hydroponics, Biomass, Ecological Systems, Closed, Life Support Systems

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