The Role of Diatom Nanostructures in Biasing Diffusion to Improve Uptake in a Patchy Nutrient Environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mitchell, James G ^a   Seuront, Laurent ^a,b,c   Doubell, Mark J ^b   Losic, Dusan ^d   Voelcker, Nicolas H ^e   Seymour, Justin ^f   Lal, Ratnesh ^g  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSCINODISCUS; DIATOM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA ECCENTRICA; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DIATOMS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84877151107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059548     Document Type: Article

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