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12 Sep 2014
Research article |
| 12 Sep 2014
Flexible C : N ratio enhances metabolism of large phytoplankton when resource supply is intermittent
D. Talmy
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, UK
Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
J. Blackford
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, UK
N. J. Hardman-Mountford
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Floreat, Australia
L. Polimene
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, UK
M. J. Follows
Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
R. J. Geider
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
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