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Cell‐level modeling of nutrient competition on the growth of microalgal biomass
Author(s) -
Fleming Steven David,
Vogt Frank
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of chemometrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-128X
pISSN - 0886-9383
DOI - 10.1002/cem.2656
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , competition (biology) , nutrient , biochemical engineering , empirical modelling , environmental science , ecology , computer science , biology , simulation , engineering
Growth of microalgal biomass is driven by nutrient availability but also by species competition for these nutrients. In this study, a modeling procedure has been developed by means of which impacts of nutrient competition on microalgae cells can be investigated on a cell‐level. The goal of this modeling is to enhance the understanding of nutrient competition in a given biological environment and to enable predicting the biomass' species composition. These models are compared with experimental data and empirical assessments published earlier in this journal. Because these simulations have been built on very generic assumptions, transferring this chemometric methodology to other cell types is straightforward. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.