Carbon allocation under light and nitrogen resource gradients in two model marine phytoplankton1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 523-535

  Bittar, Thais B ^a,d   Lin, Yajuan ^a   Sassano, Lara R ^a   Wheeler, Benjamin J ^a   Brown, Susan L ^b   Cochlan, William P ^c   Johnson, Zackary I ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cell quota; Light; Nitrogen; Redfield ratio; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; STAUROSIRA;

EID: 84878721138     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12060     Document Type: Article

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