Element content of Pseudomonas fluorescens varies with growth rate and temperature: A replicated chemostat study addressing ecological stoichiometry

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1242-1251

  Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^a   Grover, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 47349132025     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.4.1242     Document Type: Article

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