Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblich III was grown in a nitrogen or phosphorus limited batch culture system in laboratory. Growth rates and cellular Chl a were measured as functions of nitrate and phosphate concen...Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblich III was grown in a nitrogen or phosphorus limited batch culture system in laboratory. Growth rates and cellular Chl a were measured as functions of nitrate and phosphate concentrations. Growth rates were hyperbolic with both nitrate and phosphate concentration and fit the Monod equation. The minimum cell quota of nitrogen and phosphorus and then the optimum N:P ratio of S. trochoidea were estimated in this study. Measurement of phosphate concentration in Jiaozhou Bay suggest that phosphorus is the limiting factor of S. trochoidea growth.展开更多
文摘Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblich III was grown in a nitrogen or phosphorus limited batch culture system in laboratory. Growth rates and cellular Chl a were measured as functions of nitrate and phosphate concentrations. Growth rates were hyperbolic with both nitrate and phosphate concentration and fit the Monod equation. The minimum cell quota of nitrogen and phosphorus and then the optimum N:P ratio of S. trochoidea were estimated in this study. Measurement of phosphate concentration in Jiaozhou Bay suggest that phosphorus is the limiting factor of S. trochoidea growth.