Nutrient control of algal growth in estuarine waters. Nutrientlimitation and the importance of nitrogen requirements and nitrogen storageamong phytoplankton and species of macroalgae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 261-272

  Pedersen, Morten Foldager ^a,b   Borum, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition; Marine algae; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESTUARINE WATERS; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGAE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CERAMIUM RUBRUM; CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; CLADOPHORA SERICA; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0030303993     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142261     Document Type: Article

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