Modelling suggests that optimization of dark nitrogen-assimilation need not be a critical selective feature in phytoplankton

New Phytologist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Flynn, Kevin J ^a   Clark, Darren R ^a   Owens, Nicholas J P ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Assimilation; Dark; Growth; Model; Nitrate; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

DARK; GROWTH; MODEL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0036297156     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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