Competition of bloom-forming marine phytoplankton at low nutrient concentrations

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 656-663

  Hu, Hanhua ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Chen, Weidong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense; Nitrate; Phosphate; Prorocentrum minimum; Red tides; Skeletonema costatum

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; CELL DENSITY; DETECTION LIMITS; DRY BIOMASS; GROWTH PHASE; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; MULTI-SPECIES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; RED TIDE; RED TIDE ALGAE; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

ALGAE CONTROL; CELL CULTURE; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATES; SODIUM; TIDES;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SILICATE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RED TIDE; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUTROPHICATION; KINETICS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 79953840397     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60459-7     Document Type: Article

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