Table 2.

Chemical composition of CSi culture medium for freshwater phytoplankton used in this study.

Nutrients/Chemicals	Concentrations
Ca(NO3)2·4H2O	635 mmol L−1
KNO3	989 mmol L−1
KH2PO4	213 mmol L−1
MgSO4·7H2O	162 mmol L−1
MnCl2·4H2O	0.55 mmol L−1
ZnSO4·7H2O	0.23 mmol L−1
CoCl2·6H2O	0.05 mmol L−1
Na2MoO4·2H2O	2.73 mmol L−1
FeCl3	1.31 mmol L−1
Na2EDTA·2H2O	8.06 mmol L−1
Na2SiO3·9H2O	10 mg mL−1
Vitamin	1.0 × 10−6 mg mL−1
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine ethane sulphonate	50 mg mL−1