Test of resource competition theory between microalga and macroalga under phosphate limitation

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-288

  Nan, Chun Rong ^a,b   Dong, Shuang Lin ^b   Jin, Qiu ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Macroalga; Microalga; Monod model; Phosphate; R* rule; Resource competition theory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROALGA; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE;

TETRASELMIS; TETRASELMIS SUBCORDIFORMIS; ULVA PERTUSA;

EID: 0041924931     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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