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Journal of Plankton Research Vol.25 no.1 pp.109-110, 2003
© Oxford University Press 2003

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Reply to ‘In defence of the Cell Quota model of micro-algal growth’ by M. R. Droop

Mark Baird

School Of Mathematics, University Of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

E-Mail: mbaird{at}maths.unsw.edu.au

Abstract

Droop’s defence of the Cell Quota model shows that it is statistically superior to the ‘Chemical Reaction’ (CR) model for modelling of the internal nutrient content of cells at a range of dilution rates in a chemostat. As Droop concludes, saturating functions like a rectangular hyperbola appear to be a more appropriate choice of function for algal growth/nutrient content than power law curves. Droop finishes with an interesting speculation as to the reason why algal growth and surface absorption chemistry might share common functional forms.


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