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