The Daily Growth Cycle of Phytoplankton: Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop of the Group for Aquatic Primary Productivity (GAP), held at Breukelen, The Netherlands 20–28 April 1990

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Diel periodicity in phytoplankton productivity....Pages 1-35
The daily pattern of nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton in dynamic mixed layer environments....Pages 37-52
Influence of medium frequency light/dark cycles of equal duration on the photosynthesis and respiration of Chlorella pyrenoidosa ....Pages 53-62
An algal cyclostat with computer-controlled dynamic light regime....Pages 63-70
The effect of dynamic light regimes on Chlorella ....Pages 71-78
The effect of dynamic light regimes on Chlorella ....Pages 79-88
Flow cytometry: instrumentation and application in phytoplankton research....Pages 89-97
Characterization of the light field in laboratory scale enclosures of eutrophic lake water (Lake Loosdrecht, The Netherlands)....Pages 99-109
Influence of the mixing regime on algal photosynthetic performance in laboratory scale enclosures....Pages 111-118
Diel changes in dark respiration in a plankton community....Pages 119-130
Picoplankton photosynthesis and diurnal variations in photosynthesis-irradiance relationship in a eutrophic and meso-oligotrophic lake....Pages 131-138
Variations in biochemical parameters of Heterocapsa sp. and Olisthodiscus luteus grown in 12:12 light:dark cycles....Pages 139-147
Variations in biochemical parameters of Heterocapsa sp. and Olisthodiscus luteus grown in 12:12 light:dark cycles....Pages 149-157
Effect of Si-status on diel variation of intracellular free amino acids in Thalassiosira weissflogii under low-light intensity....Pages 159-167
The ‘true’ growth efficiency of phytoplankton as influenced by light attenuation and insolation: implications of the photosynthesis-irradiance relationship....Pages 169-176
Nutrients versus physical factors in determining the primary productivity of waters with high inorganic turbidity....Pages 177-182
Deep chlorophyll a maxima in the Red Sea observed by in-vivo flash fluorometry....Pages 183-188
Dynamic versus static models for photosynthesis....Pages 189-196
Interspecific variation in pigmentation: implications for production estimates for shallow eutrophic lakes using an incubator....Pages 197-202