The chemical form of dissolved Si taken up by marine diatoms

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1162-1170

  Del Amo, Yolanda ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine diatoms; pH; Silicic acid transport; Silicon; Substrate; Uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; KINETIC MODEL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PH; SILICATE; SILICON; SILICON 32; TRACER; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIATOM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SILICON;

CYLINDROTHECA FUSIFORMIS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 0033369859     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561162.x     Document Type: Article

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