While in culture, specific growth rate (μ) can be easily determined through cell counts (N0 and Nt). This is not the case for incubations with natural assemblages, where grazers...

To ensure balanced growth and stable conditions, all cultures were acclimated in semi-continuous batch cultures for at least nine generations before starting the experiments....

The fluorophore [2-(4-pyridyl)-5{[4-dimethylaminoethyl-aminocarbamoyl)-methoxy]phenyl}oxazole], in short PDMPO, is incorporated in newly polymerized silica in diatom frustules...