Maximal growth rates of Antarctic phytoplankton: Only weak dependence on cell size
Maximal growth rates of 15 Antarctic phytoplankton species at 0 degree C ranged from 0.32 to 0.72/d, showing only a weak dependence on cell size. Comparisons were made with two models for size dependence of temperature-corrected rates of maximal growth. Schlesinger's general phytoplankton model...
| Published in: | Limnology and Oceanography |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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ASLO (Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography)
1989
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/14139/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/14139/1/1109.pdf https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1989.34.6.1109 |
| Summary: | Maximal growth rates of 15 Antarctic phytoplankton species at 0 degree C ranged from 0.32 to 0.72/d, showing only a weak dependence on cell size. Comparisons were made with two models for size dependence of temperature-corrected rates of maximal growth. Schlesinger's general phytoplankton model predicts a strong size dependence of growth rates and grossly underestimates the maximal growth rates of the larger species, but gives reasonable estimates for the smallest ones. Banse's marine diatom model assumes a weak size dependence of growth rates and gives generally better predictions. |
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