| Range |
106C:16N:1P Molar ratio
|
| Organism |
phytoplankton |
| Reference |
Ilana Berman-Frank and Zvy Dubinsky, Balanced Growth in Aquatic Plants: Myth or Reality? Phytoplankton use the imbalance between carbon assimilation and biomass production to their strategic advantage, BioScience, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan., 1999), pp. 29-37 |
| Primary Source |
Redfield AC, Ketchum BH, Richards FA. 1963. The influence of organisms on the composition of sea-water. Pages 26-77 in Hill MN, ed. The Sea. New York: Wiley Interscience |
| Comments |
In phytoplankton cells at balanced growth, the major elements are generally present in relatively constant proportions at the well-known molar ratio of 106C:16N:1P. See BNID 106710 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
104197 |