Phosphate-limited growth of pavlova lutheri (prymnesiophyceae) in continuous culture: Determination of growth-rate-limiting substrate concentrations with a sensitive bioassay procedure

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1089-1097

  Laws, Edward A ^a   Pei, Shaofeng ^a   Bienfang, Paul ^b   Grant, Scott ^b   Sunda, William G ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Michaelis Menten; Monod; Pavlova lutheri; Phosphate limitation

Indexed keywords

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PAVLOVA LUTHERI;

EID: 80053567928     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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