Goldman revisited: Faster-growing phytoplankton has lower N: P and lower stoichiometric flexibility

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2076-2088

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a   Steinert, Georg ^a   Boersma, Maarten ^b   Malzahn, Arne ^b,c   Meunier, Cédric Léo ^b,d   Plum, Christoph ^a   Ptacnik, Robert ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84886415544     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2076     Document Type: Article

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