DIEL PERIODICITY IN DARK UPTAKE OF AMMONIUM BY NATURAL-POPULATIONS OFMARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON

Authors
SHIOMOTO A MATSUMURA S
Citation
A. Shiomoto et S. Matsumura, DIEL PERIODICITY IN DARK UPTAKE OF AMMONIUM BY NATURAL-POPULATIONS OFMARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON, Journal of plankton research, 15(11), 1993, pp. 1333-1339
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of plankton research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01427873
Volume
15
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1333 - 1339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-7873(1993)15:11<1333:DPIDUO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We discovered the phenomenon that dark uptake of ammonium increases at night and maximizes around midnight. The maximum values at midnight a re 2 or 3 times higher than the values in the daytime.