Browsing Student Research Papers by Subject "diatoms"
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The Influence of Riverine Inputs and Nutrients on Plankton Abundance and Composition in the Pacific Northwest: The Importance of Silicate as a Limiting Nutrient
(2022-12-15)Silicate levels are important for many types of plankton; Diatoms, radiolarians, and silicoflagellates use the silicate to create shells and are the only species which fix silica. Silicate availability in the San Juan ... -
Nereocystis and diatoms, going with the flow
(2012)The purpose of this experiment was to observe the effect of water flow on fertilization success of Nereocystis gametophytes and growth rates of young sporophytes. My null hypothesis was that there would be no differences ...