Maximum ammonium uptake rates of Scenedesmus quadricauda (Chlorophyta) and Microcystis novacekii (Cyanobacteria) grown under nitrogen limitation and implications for competition

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-249

  Watanabe, Taku ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ammonium; Chlorophyta; competition; Cyanobacteria; limitation; maximum uptake rates; Microcystis novacekii; Scenedesmus quadricauda

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS NOVACEKII; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0029744219     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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