Population dynamics of light-limited phytoplankton: microcosm experiments.

From: Ecology | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Huisman, Jef | Copyright information

This paper investigates the extent to which the predictions of an elementary model for light-limited growth are matched by laboratory experiments with light-limited phytoplankton. The model and experiments link the population dynamics of phytoplankton species with changes in the light gradient caused by phytoplankton shading. The model predicts that a phytoplankton population should continue to grow until, at steady state, the light intensity at the bottom of the water column equals its cri...

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