Nutrient competition experiments with periphyton from the Baltic Sea.

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Sommer, Ulrich (1996) Nutrient competition experiments with periphyton from the Baltic Sea. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 140 . pp. 161-167. DOI 10.3354/meps140161.

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Abstract

Nutrient competition experiments were performed with periphytic microalgae from the Kiel Fjord, western Baltic Sea. Diatoms were dominant competitors at high Si:N ratios (under N-limited conditions) and high Si:P ratios (under P-limited conditions). Under low silicate supply, cyanobacteria became dominant at low N:P ratios and chlorophytes at high ones. Changes in light intensity influenced the outcome of competition at the species level but not at the level of higher taxa. The nitrogen source (ammonium or nitrate) had no impact on the outcome of competition.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Food Webs; Ecology; microphytobenthos; competition; nutrients; periphyton; Baltic Sea; Kiel Fjord
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EOE-N Experimental Ecology - Food Webs
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Inter Research
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2012 08:37
Last Modified: 08 May 2018 08:03
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/14118

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