Multiple environmental controls on phytoplankton growth strategies determine adaptive responses of the N:P ratio

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-425

  Daines, Stuart J ^a   Clark, James R ^a,b   Lenton, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Marine; Microbial; N P; Phytoplankton; Redfield ratios; Stoichiometry; Traits

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; RNA;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MARINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL; N/P; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIOS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRAITS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE; MICROBIAL; N/P; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIOS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRAITS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER;

EID: 84895533845     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12239     Document Type: Article

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