Scaling maximum growth rates across photosynthetic organisms

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-175

  Nielsen, S L ^a   Enriquez S ^b,c   Duarte, C M ^b   Sand Jensen, K ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Nutrient concentration; Plants; Specific leaf area; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030457287     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389840     Document Type: Article

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