Different response mechanisms of two planktonic desmid species (Chlorophyceae) to a single saturating addition of phosphate

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 438-445

  Spijkerman, Elly ^a   Coesel, Peter F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Batch culture; Continuous culture; Cosmarium abbreviatum; Desmids; Ecophysiology; Lag phase; Phosphorus limitation; Phosphorus storage; Phosphorus up take; Phytoplankton; Pulsed culture; Staurastrum chaetoceras

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; COSMARIUM ABBREVIATUM; DESMIDIALES; STAURASTRUM CHAETOCERAS;

EID: 0031821572     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340438.x     Document Type: Article

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