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Table 3. Summary of mean (±SD) maximum specific growth rates (μ_max, d⁻¹) and half saturation constants (k_μ, μmol N L⁻¹) for nitrate (NO₃ ⁻), ammonium (NH₄ ⁺), urea, and glutamic acid (glu) estimated for different dinoflagellate species.

Species	NO₃ ⁻		NH₄ ⁺		Urea		glu		Reference
	μ_max	k_μ	μ_max	k_μ	μ_max	k_μ	μ_max	k_μ
Prorocentrum minimum	0.43±0.01	1.10±0.40	0.23±0.02	0.70±0.40	0.45	<0.50	0.27±0.05	53.0±31.0	[43]
Cochlodinium polykrikoides	0.43±0.01	2.06±0.32	0.44±0.02	2.69±0.49	0.44±0.01	2.90±0.46	0.53±0.02	1.91±0.47	[44]
Scrippsiella trochoidea	-	-	-	-	0.47	21.83	-	-	[47]
P. donghaiense	0.74±0.02	0.42±0.02	0.83±0.02	0.51±0.03	1.50±0.05	2.05±0.04	1.51±0.06	5.25±0.40	This study

Table 3. Summary of mean (±SD) maximum specific growth rates (μmax, d−1) and half saturation constants (kμ, μmol N L−1) for nitrate (NO3 −), ammonium (NH4 +), urea, and glutamic acid (glu) estimated for different dinoflagellate species.