I am looking for good literature about nitrogen limitation in algae. I would like to know what is the minimal nitrogen content necessary for survival, especially in macroalgae, but also in microalgae (for comparison).
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Hm, I do not know for cultures, but for natural state and aiming at data for oligotrophic seas, Eppley et al. 1969 or MacIsaac and Dugdale 1969 in L&O or Deep sea research published that 0.6 microM of either NH4 or NO3 is the half saturation constant for majority of phytoplankton, but in one of those papers you have a nice table for different species. Km is probably even more than enough for survival, but it is considered close to the level for claiming the limitation.
MacIsaac JJ, Dugdale RC (1969) Kinetics of nitrate and ammonia uptake by natural populations of marine phytoplankton. Deep-Sea Research 16(1): 415–422.
This above is the original paper.
Thank you very much for the useful answers.
This time I am mostly interested in macroalgae.
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This might be specific a bit for you, Good Luck!
Hein, M., Pedersen, M. F., & Sand-Jensen, K. (1995). Size-dependent nitrogen uptake in micro-and macroalgae. Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf, 118(1), 247-253.
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