Redfield Ratio in Diatoms
Diatoms need, among other nutrients, silicic acid to create biogenic silica for their frustules (cell walls). As a result of this the Redfield-Brzezinski nutrient ratio was proposed for diatoms and stated to be C:Si:N:P = 106:15:16:1 (Brzezinski, 1985).
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