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Four algae of freshwater phytoplankton were studied in monospecific culture: Chlorella vulgaris, Fragilaria crotonensis, Staurastrum pingue and Synechocystis minima. Experiments were performed to determine the growth rate over a wide range of light intensities (5–800 µE m−2 s−1, 15/9 light/dark photoperiod) and temperatures (10–35 °C). The results provide a set of parameters (particularly the maximal growth rate associated to optimal conditions of light and temperature) for a three-equation model used to described the growth rate response of a non-nutrient-limited culture.
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Dauta, A., Devaux, J., Piquemal, F. et al. Growth rate of four freshwater algae in relation to light and temperature. Hydrobiologia 207, 221–226 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041459
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