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The cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata stimulates the growth of other phytoplankton

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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages 1349-1354

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq046

Keywords

allelochemicals; cyanobacterial bloom; eutrophication; facilitation; stimulatory allelopathy

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  1. Swedish Fulbright Commission
  2. American-Scandinavian Foundation
  3. Swedish Research Council (VR)
  4. Direct For Biological Sciences
  5. Emerging Frontiers [0842112] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We tested the effect of the cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata on a diverse array of phytoplankton. We found that Gloeotrichia increased the growth rates of five of seven phytoplankton species up to 620% in comparison with a medium-only control after 96 h.

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