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- Title
Modelling temporal decoupling between biomass and numbers during the transient nitrogen-limited growth of a marine phytoflagellate.
- Authors
Davidson, Keith; Cunningham, Alex; Flynn, Kevin J.
- Abstract
A mathematical model of single-nutrient-limited algal growth is presented in which carbon fixation and cell division are different functions of assimilated nutrient. The model successfully describes key features of the growth of in ammonium-limited batch culture under continuous illumination and in light/dark cycles. The incorporation of a nutrient processing time allows the simulation of a time lag between net carbon fixation and cell division, and enables the model to describe changes in the mean carbon content and carbon/nitrogen ratio of the cells. The model can be completely parameterized from standard batch culture experiments.
- Publication
Journal of Plankton Research, 1993, Vol 15, Issue 3, p351
- ISSN
0142-7873
- Publication type
Article