Re: [APD] RE: Why algae does not grow

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

It's in the same water as the higher plants, so what's the
competition issue? Algae are fast on nutrient uptake. Maybe
it's the O2?????


Scott H.
--- David Aiken <daiken at iprimus_com.au> wrote:
> 
> On 02/04/2005, at 10:22 AM, Tom Wood wrote:
> 
> > But that still doesn't answer the question. If it were
> possible to 
> > perform an autopsy on algae that died off because you
> focused on the 
> > plants needs, what would it show? What basic life
> process in the algae 
> > has been interrupted?
> 
> I'd suspect that the process interrupted is actually
> nothing more than 
> nutrition and that the algae effectively starves as a
> result of being 
> out-competed for food. What else could it be?
> 
> 
> David Aiken
> 
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