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Main Title Optimum N:P Ratios and Coexistence of Planktonic Algae (Journal Version).
Author Rhee, G-Yull ; Gotham, Ivan J. ;
CORP Author New York State Dept. of Health, Albany. Div. of Labs. and Research.;Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-R-804689; EPA-600/J-80-415;
Stock Number PB83-243725
Additional Subjects Algae ; Nutrients ; Growth ; Lakes ; Ratios ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Optimization ; Cells(Biology) ; Daylight ; Night ; Diurnal variations ; Mathematical prediction ; Competition ; Reprints ; Coexistence
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Abstract The optimum atomic ratio of N to P, the ratio at which one nutrient limitation changes over the other, was determined in seven species of freshwater planktonic algae. The ratio varied over a wide range among species; the average for these species was 17. If the cellular nutrient ratios in marine species are comparable with those in freshwater organisms, Redfield's ratio of 15 is remarkably close to the average. Cellular N:P ratios varied over a 24-h period under a light:dark cycle. The variation of the optimum ratio between species and diel change in cellular N:P ratios within a species could play an important role in population dynamics by enhancing the probability of coexistence of species.
Availability Notes Pub. in Jnl. Phycology 16, p486-489 1980.
NTIS Title Notes Journal article.
Title Annotations Reprint: Optimum N:P Ratios and Coexistence of Planktonic Algae (Journal Version).
PUB Date Free Form c1980
Category Codes 6C; 8H; 57C; 48G
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Primary Description 600/03
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 332921913
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