Microscale Patchiness of Nutrients in Plankton Communities
- 14 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 216 (4547) , 729-730
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.216.4547.729
Abstract
Autoradiography was used to identify the presence of nutrient patches produced by zooplankton. Algal cells which encounter patches of phosphorus-33 released by swimming animals accumulate more label than cells that do not enter the patches. Differential labeling of algae does not occur when turbulence in the fluid is increased by stirring. Nutrient patchiness at the scale of millimeters or less in nature probably influences the course of competition and coexistence among the phytoplankton.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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