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PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY [2 records]

Record 1 1996-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Most of the veins contain two distinct channels: phloem, for importing nutrients and water, and xylem, for exporting the products of photosynthesis. The development of minor veins keeps pace with the development of photosynthetic activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Pouvoir, en parlant d'une substance ou d'un organisme, de transformer la lumière en énergie utilisable par les organismes vivants.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Plant Biology
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Lagoons are large stretches of water in which the effluent remains for days at a time and in which the oxygen content is maintained either by contact with the atmosphere and the photosynthetic activity of algae growing there, or externally, by the use of aerators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Biologie végétale
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Les lagunes sont de grandes étendues d'eau traversées durant plusieurs jours par l'effluent, dans lesquelles la teneur en oxygène est maintenue soit par le contact avec l'atmosphère et la fonction chlorophyllienne des algues s'y développant, soit par un apport extérieur au moyen d'aérateurs.

Spanish

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