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*Nutrients: some algae, including ''S. dimorphus'', go into obesity (survival) mode when you deprive them of nitrogen, instead of continuing steady division. It seems self-evident that if nitrogen starvation kicks in too early, or lasts too long, you inhibit growth and encourage population stunting or collapse, respectively. | *Nutrients: some algae, including ''S. dimorphus'', go into obesity (survival) mode when you deprive them of nitrogen, instead of continuing steady division. It seems self-evident that if nitrogen starvation kicks in too early, or lasts too long, you inhibit growth and encourage population stunting or collapse, respectively. | ||
**Nitrogen: different algae prefer different nitrogen sources; ''S. dimorphus'' prefers urea. | |||
http://www.slideshare.net/kabronic/maximization-of-scenedesmus-dimorphus-lipid-yield-for-the-production-of-biodiesel | http://www.slideshare.net/kabronic/maximization-of-scenedesmus-dimorphus-lipid-yield-for-the-production-of-biodiesel | ||
http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/biodiesel_from_algae.pdf | |||
==== Monitoring ==== | ==== Monitoring ==== | ||
