Competition for light between phytoplankton species: experimental tests of mechanistic theory.

From: Ecology | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Huisman, Jef; Jonker, Richard R.; Zonneveld, Cor; Weissing, Franz J. | Copyright information

According to recent competition theory, the population dynamics of phytoplankton species in monoculture can be used to make a priori predictions of the dynamics and outcome of competition for light. The species with lowest "critical light intensity" should be the superior light competitor. To test this theory, we ran monoculture experiments and competition experiments with two green algae (Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus protuberans) and two cyanobacteria (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and a ...

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