Articles | Volume 11, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4881-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4881-2014
Research article
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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, J. Blackford, N. J. Hardman-Mountford, L. Polimene, M. J. Follows, and R. J. Geider

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