An experimentally validated nitrate-ammonium-phytoplankton model including effects of starvation length and ammonium inhibition on nitrate uptake

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 317, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-40

  Malerba, Martino E ^a,b   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium inhibition; Chlorophyta; Nitrate starvation; Nitrogen limitation; Phytoplankton dynamics; Quota model

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIME SERIES;

CHLOROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; NITRATE STARVATIONS; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITIES;

NITRATES;

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; INHIBITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; QUOTA SYSTEM; STARVATION;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84941883543     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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