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Temperature, salinity and ultraviolet irradiation effects on the growth of strains of Nitzschia ovalis

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Three strains of Nitzschia ovalis Arnott grew at temperatures from 15°–36°C and at salinities from 5–40‰ S Optimum growth occurred at combinations of 25°, 27.5° and 30°C and 25, 30 and 35‰S. This estuarine benthic diatom tolerates wide salinity and temperature conditions while demonstrating resistance to ultraviolet irradiation at 350 nm.

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Saks, N.M. Temperature, salinity and ultraviolet irradiation effects on the growth of strains of Nitzschia ovalis . Mar. Biol. 68, 175–179 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397604

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