Science & ResearchSep 2, 2026
A growth-maintenance tradeoff determines nutrient-limited growth in phytoplankton
Phytoplankton encounter a range of light and nutrient conditions in nature and must adjust their internal carbon and nitrogen allocations to grow across different resource environments.
Phytoplankton encounter a range of light and nutrient conditions in nature and must adjust their internal carbon and nitrogen allocations to grow across different resource environments. Current phytoplankton carbon budget models treat respiration simply as a carbon loss. In…
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