The C:N:P stoichiometry of autotrophs - Theory and observations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Ågren, Göran I ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Relative growth rate; RNA; Selenastrum minutum; Specific growth rate; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALGAE; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM MINUTUM;

EID: 1642331696     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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