| Microalgae are important for the restoration of coastal lagoon ecosystems affected by human activities because they are useful indicators of variations of salinity and levels of nutrients such as silicate and phosphate in the water column. With the centric diatom Actinocyclus normanii from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombian Caribbean) we conducted several experiments to evaluate the responses of this species at three levels of salinity (0, 15 and 25) and two initial densities (100 and 800 cells·ml-1) to nine treatments combining several concentrations of phosphate (0, 1,5 and 3,0 µmol·l-1) and silicate (10, 150 and 300 µmol·l-1). All treatments were maintained with light intensity of 57,9 mE-2·seg-1, photoperiod of 12:12 hrs, temperature between 22... |
