Cellular and extracellular production of carbohydrates and amino acids by the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum: Diel variations and effects of N depletion

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-94

  Granum, Espen ^a   Kirkvold, Ståle ^a   Myklestad, Sverre M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Diel variation; Excretion; Free amino acids; Marine diatom; N starvation; Production rate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DIEL VARIATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0037175218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242083     Document Type: Article

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