Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Diel periodicity in uptake of nitrate and nitrite by reservoir phytoplankton

  • Published:
Hydrobiologia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Diel periodicity in the uptake of nitrate, and nitrite as measured by the 15N technique, occurs in reservoir phytoplankton. The time course of changes in the rate of nitrate uptake generally paralleled changes in irradiance. Uptake of nitrate and nitrite occurred in the dark, but at low rates. Periodicity in nitrate uptake needs to be considered in models of primary production where nitrogen is the limiting nutrient.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Eppley, R. W., A. F. Carlucci, O. Holm-Hansen, D. Kiefer, J. J. McCarthy, E. Venrick & P. M. Williams. 1971. Phytoplankton growth and composition in shipboard cultures supplied with nitrate, ammonia, or urea as the nitrogen source. Limnol. Oceanogr. 16: 741–751.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goering, J., R. Dugdale & D. Menzel. 1964. Cyclic diurnal variation in uptake of ammonia and nitrate by photosynthetic organisms in the Sargasso Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 9: 448–451.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • MacIssac, J. & R. Dugdale. 1972. Interactions of light and inorganic nitrogen in controlling nitrogen uptake in the sea. Deep-Sea Res. 19: 209–232.

    Google Scholar 

  • McCarthy, J. J. & R. W. Eppley. 1972. A comparison of chemical, isotopic and enzymatic methods for measuring nitrogen assimilation of marine phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 17: 371–382.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Strickland, J. D. H. & T. R. Parsons. 1968. A practical handbook of seawater analysis, Bull. 167. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., Queen's Printer, Ottawa. 311 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Toetz, D..1971. Diurnal uptake of NH4 and NO3 by a Ceratophyllumperiphyton community. Limnol. Oceanogr. 16: 816–823.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Toetz, D. L. Varga & D. Loughran. 1973. Half-saturation constants for uptake of nitrate and ammonia by reservoir plankton. Ecology 54: 903–908.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zoology Department, Oklahoma State University, 74074, Stillwater, Oklahoma

    Dale W. Toetz

Authors
  1. Dale W. Toetz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Toetz, D.W. Diel periodicity in uptake of nitrate and nitrite by reservoir phytoplankton. Hydrobiologia 49, 49–52 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016167

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016167

Keywords

Search

Navigation