View Single Post
Unread 11/11/2010, 05:29 PM   #15
bertoni
RC Mod
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mountain View, CA, USA
Posts: 88,616
The cyanobacteria will require nitrogen and phosphorus from the water column, most likely, although some can fix nitrogen from the air. Carbon is required for growth, too, but photosynthetic organisms can take that from the air. I'm not sure how this particular pest is feeding, though.


__________________
Jonathan Bertoni
bertoni is offline   Reply With Quote