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Seasonal variation in protein: carbohydrate ratios in a subtropical estuarine alga, Gracilaria verrucosa, and the determination of nitrogen limitation status using these ratios
| Title: | Seasonal variation in protein: carbohydrate ratios in a subtropical estuarine alga, Gracilaria verrucosa, and the determination of nitrogen limitation status using these ratios. |
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| Name(s): |
Bird, Kimon T. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter, Inc. | |
| Place of Publication: | Berlin | |
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| Extent: | 6 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007018 (IID), 10.1515/botm.1984.27.3.111 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Increasing nitrate concentrations in a growth media led to increased specific growth rates and protein : carbohydrate
ratios in apical segments of Gracilaria verrucosa. The specific growth rates reached a maximum in tips
with protein : carbohydrate ratios of 0.4 1 or greater. The zone of transition, or critical protein : carbohydrate
ratio, appeared to be at 0.38 when specific growth rates reached a maximum. In a field population of Gracilaria verrucosa, the highest protein: carbohydrate ratios were found in the winter months during the time of maximal observed biomass. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 356 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Bird, K. T. (1984). Seasonal variation in protein: carbohydrate ratios in a subtropical estuarine alga, Gracilaria verrucosa, and the determination of nitrogen limitation status using these ratios. Botanica Marina, XXVII, 111-115. |
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| Subject(s): |
Gracilaria verrucosa Alga Protein Carbohydrates Growth |
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| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/botm.1984.27.3.111 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007018 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
