Sequential nutrient uptake as a potential mechanism for phytoplankton to maintain high primary productivity and balanced nutrient stoichiometry
We hypothesize that phytoplankton have the sequential nutrient uptake strategy to maintain nutrient stoichiometry and high primary productivity in the water column. According to this hypothesis, phytoplankton take up the most limiting nutrient first until depletion, continue to draw down non-limitin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/2469/2017/bg-14-2469-2017.pdf |