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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 54, 期 2, 页码 571-576出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0571
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- European Union [HPRN-CT-2002-00218]
- ECosphere COntinentale: Processus et modelisation
Silicic-acid uptake kinetics for a field population of benthic diatoms were examined using a radioisotope tracer over a concentration range of 0-300 mu mol L-1. The microphytobenthos half saturation constant (54 mu mol L-1) and specific uptake rates (0.096 h(-1)) for silicic acid were well above those usually found in the pelagic environment. Silicic-acid kinetics were hyperbolic only at low concentrations (< 60 mu mol L-1). At higher concentrations, a second mechanism that did not suggest saturation was activated. Many benthic diatoms are motile and migrate vertically in the upper few centimeters of sediment where there are strong gradients of nutrient concentrations. The multiphasic uptake may allow them to take maximum advantage of the high silicic-acid concentrations found at depth.
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