Mutual effects of nitric oxide and iron on the growth of marine algae
Experiments on the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and iron on the growth of marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum were conducted.The results are as follows: exogenous NO could increase the growth rate of marine algae and raise the biomass remarkably under iron-deficient conditions. But it was a complicated process that the phytoplankton growth was influenced by NO and iron, which was controlled by the NO concentration, the nutrition level of the culture medium and the iron concentration, etc. Meanwhile, the iron concentration in the medium also has a direct influence on the growth and NO release capacity of the algae. Therefore, the effects of NO and iron on the growth of marine phytoplankton were mutual.
作 者： LIU Chunying ZHANG Zhengbin CHEN Xiaorui 作者单位： Institute of Marine Chemistry, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China 刊 名： 海洋学报（英文版） SCI 英文刊名： ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA 年，卷(期)： 2005 24(5) 分类号： P7 关键词： nitric oxide (NO) iron marine algae the mutual effects