Surface/Volume ratio: implications for phytoplankton morphology.
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Plankton autotrophs vary greatly in size and shape. Computation of surface/volume ratios for biomass units of 27 coexisting phytoplankton species in a tropical lake indicates that these ratios are conserved within a range much narrower than expected by random choice of shapes. Conservation of surface/volume ratios suggests new explanations for the shapes of phytoplankton biomass units.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 192 4242 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976