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SOME THOUGHTS ON NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN ALGAE

SOME THOUGHTS ON NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN ALGAE SUMMARY An empirical relation relating specific growth, rate in steady state systems to nutrient status with respect to more than one nutrient simultaneously is proposed, based on 3 experimentally verifiable postulates: (1) that uptake depends on the external substrate concentration; (2) that growth depends on the interval substrate concentration; and (3) in a steady state system specific rate of uptake (in the absence of significant, excretion) is necessarily the product of the specific growth rate and internal substrate concentration. The implications of this model are discussed in particular in respect to the concept of luxury consumption and Liebig's law of minimum. Some aspects of uptake in transient situations are also discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phycology Wiley

SOME THOUGHTS ON NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN ALGAE

Journal of Phycology , Volume 9 (3) – Sep 1, 1973

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0022-3646
eISSN
1529-8817
DOI
10.1111/j.1529-8817.1973.tb04092.x
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Abstract

SUMMARY An empirical relation relating specific growth, rate in steady state systems to nutrient status with respect to more than one nutrient simultaneously is proposed, based on 3 experimentally verifiable postulates: (1) that uptake depends on the external substrate concentration; (2) that growth depends on the interval substrate concentration; and (3) in a steady state system specific rate of uptake (in the absence of significant, excretion) is necessarily the product of the specific growth rate and internal substrate concentration. The implications of this model are discussed in particular in respect to the concept of luxury consumption and Liebig's law of minimum. Some aspects of uptake in transient situations are also discussed.

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Journal of PhycologyWiley

Published: Sep 1, 1973

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