Nutrient uptake by marine phytoplankton
Goeyens, L.; Post, E.; Vandenhoudt, A.; Declerck, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (1982). Nutrient uptake by marine phytoplankton, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (Ed.) Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. pp. 215-226 In: Heip, C.H.R.; Polk, Ph. (Ed.) (1982). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. Programmatie van het Wetenschapsbeleid: Brussel. 226 pp., more |
| Keywords | Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles
ANE, Belgium [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Goeyens, L., more
- Post, E.
- Vandenhoudt, A.
| - Declerck, M.
- Baeyens, W.F.J., more
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| Abstract | The inorganic nitrogen assimilation by marine phytoplankton, in nitrate limiting medium, was determined by a dynamic method. The study consisted of laboratory experiments using natural phytoplankton communities from the North Sea.The chlorophyll a concentration was examined at the start and at the end of every experiment as an indicator of the phytoplanktonic biomass. During the experiment repeated sequential determinations of the nitrate concentration were performed in order to obtain the relation between nutrient uptake and the ambient nutrient concentration. |
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