Effect of nutrient availability on the biochemical and elemental stoichiometry in the freshwater diatom Stephanodiscus minutulus (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 510-522

  Lynn, Scott G ^a,d   Kilham, Susan S ^b   Kreeger, Daniel A ^c   Interlandi, Sebastian J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical composition; Diatom; Elemental stoichiometry; Lipid classes; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Silicon; Stephanodiscus minutulus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; LIPID; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

STEPHANODISCUS MINUTULUS;

EID: 0033851422     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.98251.x     Document Type: Article

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