We investigated the effects of temperature and salinity on the growth of Diatoma tenue isolated from a temporary arctic pond in a high-latitude region of Svalbard, Norway. We also examined the optimum nitrogen to phosphorus (N:P) ratio of the culture media. The highest growth rate (0.38 day") of D. tenue was achieved at 1 5'C, while growth was completely inhibited above 20ยฐC. D. tenue could not grow when cultured at above 5%0 salinity. The final cell density of D. tenue was increased with an increasing phosphate concentration in the culture media from 0 to 5 pmol P L'. The final cell density became stable at above 5 pmol P I;' . The N:P molar ratio of the media containing 5 pmol P L-' was 34.8. These results show that D. tenue growth is limited by phosphorus at N:P ratios greater than 34.8, with a nitrogen limitation below 34.8. This finding indicates that this alga has a higher optimum N:P ratio than the Redfield ratio of 16.
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