From limitation to excess: The consequences of substrate excess and stoichiometry for phytoplankton physiology, trophodynamics and biogeochemistry, and the implications for modeling

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-28

  Glibert, Patricia M ^a   Kana, Todd M ^a   Brown, Karlena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Delaware Valley College   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipatory strategies; Dynamic balance models; Ecological stoichiometry; Kinetics; Nutrient supersaturation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISSIPATORY STRATEGIES; DYNAMIC BALANCE; DYNAMIC REGULATION; ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATE; SUPERSATURATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84883241417     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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