On temperature-independent growth of phytoplankton

Abstract
Growth rates of two freshwater diatoms and three chlorophytes were compared under 3 h days at 10 μmol m−2 s−1. Specific growth rates ranged between μ=0.03 day−1 and μ=0.055 day−1 for the different species and were in every species independent of temperature between 8 and 16°C.