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A control mechanism of the phytoplankton respiration in a eutrophic reservoir

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In the eutrophic Bautzen reservoir (German Democratic Republic) the compensation light intensities (photosynthesis = respiration of the phytoplankton) have been found to be extremely low if no free carbon dioxide is available. This result is interpreted as a minimization of the cell respiration under CO2-limitation of the photosynthesis.

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  1. Water Resources Department, Laboratory of Hydrobiology, University of Technology, Mommsenstrasse 13, DDR 8027, Dresden, German Democratic Republic

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Benndorf, J. A control mechanism of the phytoplankton respiration in a eutrophic reservoir. Hydrobiologia 72, 125–129 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016240

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