E. Spijkerman et Pfm. Coesel, PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE AND GROWTH-KINETICS OF 2 PLANKTONIC DESMID SPECIES, European journal of phycology, 31(1), 1996, pp. 53-60
Phosphorus (P) uptake and growth kinetics under continuous P limitatio
n in chemostat culture were studied in two planktonic desmid species:
Cosmarium abbreviatum originating from an oligo-mesotrophic lake, and
Straurastrum pingue from a eutrophic lake. Under stringent P limitatio
n (steady-state growth rates up to 0.015 h(-1)) C. abbreviatum showed
a higher affinity for P uptake and for growth than S. pingue. This com
petitive advantage over S. pingue disappeared when P limitation became
less severe (growth rates above 0.015 h(-1)), due to a sharp decline
in the affinity of C. abbreviatum for P. At all growth rates tested C.
abbreviatum showed a higher biomass yield per unit of P than S. pingu
e. As S. pingue had double the maximum growth rate of C. abbreviatum a
nd displayed higher maximum P uptake rates, it is likely to be better
adapted to a eutrophic, dynamic environment where P release is predomi
nantly in pulses.