Population dynamics of light-limited phytoplankton: Microcosm experiments

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 202-210

  Huisman, Jef ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Chlorella vulgaris; Critical light intensity; Light supply; Light limited growth model; Mixing depth; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Population density; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 0032897377     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0202:PDOLLP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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