Macroalgae Nitrate Export

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Originally Posted by Sunee

Very interesting. Pretty much what I would expect to see. I have done some research on terrestrial plants and for every 100 grams of N taken up only about 6.7 grams of P are used for growth with the caveat that all other essential nutrients are in adequate supply. I would expect that marine plants would have the same patterns of uptake but I could be wrong!

Hi Sunee, I wonder if the uptake of phosphates would increase if there was no Nitrate present?