Unbalanced N:P ratios and nutrient stress controlling growth and toxin production of the harmful dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) Dodge

• Published in: Harmful algae Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 304 - 311
• Main Authors: Varkitzi, Ioanna, Pagou, Kalliopi, Granéli, Edna, Hatzianestis, Ioannis, Pyrgaki, Christina, Pavlidou, Alexandra, Montesanto, Barbara, Economou-Amilli, Athena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.03.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Akvatisk ekologi; Algae; Ammonium; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Aquatic Ecology; Autoecology; Biologi; Biological and medical sciences; Biology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Marin ekologi; Marine ecology; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Nitrate; Okadaic acid; Phosphate; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Plants and fungi; Prorocentrum lima; Stress; Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestrisk, limnisk och marin ekologi; Thallophyta; Okadaic acid; Ammonium; Nitrate; Prorocentrum lima; Phosphate; Stress; Phosphates; Growth; Algae; Phosphorus; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Aquatic environment; Toxin; Dinophyta; Nutrient; Ratio; Harmful alga

The responses of the benthic marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima to nutrient stress induced by unbalanced N:P ratios were the subject of this study. Batch cultures of P. lima cells were grown under NP sufficient (N as nitrate and ammonium) and deficient conditions, and the cell growth and toxici...