Prolonged nitrate exhaustion and diatom mortality: a comparison of polar and temperate Thalassiosira species

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Peters, E., Thomas, D.N.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1996
• Subjects: ORIGINAL ARTICLES; Meunier; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/18/6/953; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/18.6.953

The survival of two diatom species. Thalassiosira antarctica Comber isolated from the Southern Ocean and Thalassiosira rotula Meunier isolated from the North Sea. was investigated during a 21 day nitrate-exhaustion period, both in the light and in darkness. Both species endured 3 weeks of nitrate ex...