Uptake rate of nitrate and ammonium was studied as a function of nitrate or ammonium concentration with cultures of 16 species of marine phytoplankton.Half-saturation constants (the concentration supporting an uptake rate one-half the maximum rate) were computed as a measure of the ability of a species to use low levels of nitrate and ammonium.
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