Effects of prey of different nutrient quality on elemental nutrient budgets in Noctiluca scintillans

Abstract Noctiluca scintillans (Noctiluca) is a cosmopolitan red tide forming heterotrophic dinoflagellate. In this study, we investigated its ingestion, elemental growth yield and excretion when supplied with different quality food (nutrient-balanced, N-limited and P-limited). Total cellular elemen...

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Main Authors: Shuwen Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Patricia M. Glibert, Cui Guo, Ying Ke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05991-w