Interactions between iron, light, ammonium, and nitrate: Insights from the construction of a dynamic model of algal physiology

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1171-1190

  Flynn, Kevin J ^a   Hipkin, Charles R ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; F ratio; HNLC; Iron; Light; Model; Nitrate; NR; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; IRON; LIGHT; NITRATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0033384055     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561171.x     Document Type: Article

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