Contrasting size evolution in marine and freshwater diatoms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2665-2670

  Litchman, E ^a   Klausmeier, C A ^a   Yoshiyama, K ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Phytoplankton resource competition; Resource fluctuations

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL GROWTH; ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 62449293335     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810891106     Document Type: Article

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