maximum growth rate (ln /d) diameter (ln µm) surface area (ln µm²) phosphate affinity (ln /d/µM) volume (ln µm³) length (ln µm) Mougeotia 7.00306545879 Synedra acus radians 6.26339826259 Nitzschia linearis 0.513695749929 4.47790450853 Oscillatoria amphigranulata 1.48160454092 1.38629436112 1.48160454092 Chroococcus minutus 1.09861228867 1.09861228867 Pandorina morum 9.23014299927 Synedra acus 0.812951416623 1.48160454092 4.84273956996 7.29641326877 5.0106352941 Nitzschia acicularis 0.496150963325 6.11739476603 5.13579843705 Dinobryon divergens -0.172534279452 5.43807930892 Stephanodiscus 3.91202300543 Achnanthes minutissima 1.2635590331 4.67215016379 4.86753445046 Cyclotella praeterissima 6.13122648948 6.63331843328 2.30258509299 Peridinium cinctum -1.76317201238 3.295836866 9.90348755254 3.295836866 Mougeotia thylespora 0.781985952167 1.72276659774 4.17413349831 6.83876240749 3.09104245336 Oscillatoria agardhii -0.174353387145 Cryptomonas ovata 0.448852439397 2.67414864943 6.92821128755 7.65363043857 3.04690056013 Chromulina 5.75257263883 5.61677109767 2.7080502011 Cryptomonas rostratiformis 0.0433873312892 8.66561319653 Volvox aureus 0.0541640817455 1.11387649115 Chrysochromulina 1.09861228867 1.79175946923 Monoraphidium contortum 4.60517018599 Cyclotella 1.09861228867 6.46146817635 1.38629436112 Synedra radians 0.582688621417 9.45662342122 Microcystis elachista 0.69314718056 Monoraphidium 3.40119738166 Nitzschia actinastroides 0.583315257376 Gymnodinium lantzschii 7.37775890823 Staurastrum pingue -0.196984377083 8.78032639095 9.25626930386 4.49980967033 Ankistrodesmus 5.29831736655 Chrysochromulina parva 1.72276659774 4.72738781871 3.87812145375 1.75785791755 Anabaena flos-aquae 0.142243333229 1.9021075264 4.47163879336 2.30258509299 Rhodomonas minuta 1.9315214116 4.65396035016 2.3978952728 Chroococcus 7.74066440192 Dictyosphaerium 8.54675199366 Synechococcus 3.55534806149 2.3978952728 1.38629436112 Ceratium hirundinella -1.56064774826 9.19573421959 10.7903494737 5.30330490806 Chlorella vulgaris 0.44158510208 3.40119738166 Rhodomonas lens 2.52572864431 5.70378247466 2.86220088093 Staurastrum 9.64859530291 Synedra rumpens 0.778803500339 5.74747459534 6.21460809842 Aulacoseira granulata 1.87946504965 6.58617165485 3.17805383035 Mallomonas cratis -0.726918139333 6.51786243239 7.3238305662 Ceratium furcoides -1.92058453028 Pediastrum 7.68478394352 Cryptomonas erosa -0.299654459136 7.64969262371 Scenedesmus 0.839101093185 1.38629436112 5.29831736655 2.18605127674 Cryptomonas 0.107001079633 4.64886230667 Gymnodinium helveticum 9.90348755254 Chlorella 0.882793213865 1.39871688112 3.88156379794 4.69901209036 4.04805127825 1.39459316393 Closterium aciculare 8.42288251194 8.37562962709 5.88610403145 Synedra filiformis 0.405465108108 5.91427490842 Mallomonas caudata -1.608532753 8.1576570152 8.77168035901 3.68887945411 Chroococcus turgidus 1.60943791243 7.49554194388 1.60943791243 Ulothrix subconstricta 5.29831736655 Peridinium 9.21034037198 Stephanodiscus neoastraea 0.783537365446 8.98719682066 Stephanodiscus minutus 0.682612635526 2.05522203144 Anabaena spiroides 2.18605127674 5.52146091786 1.9021075264 Oocystis pusilla 0.439587777773 4.86166688019 Sphaerocystis schroeteri 0.359545070098 4.04842452421 7.00306545879 Synechocystis minima 0.254981083115 Cryptomonas phaseolus 0.361841062409 Synedra minuscula 0.748395007731 Microcystis flos-aquae 1.2527629685 1.2527629685 Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. spirilliformis 4.62986279858 3.35573500759 3.55534806149 Peridinium willei -1.28735441326 Erkenia subaequiciliata 3.91202300543 Phacotus 5.70378247466 Mallomonas acaroides 8.07090608879 Chlorella minutissima 1.44309377898 2.96000832252 2.7080502011 Synedra ulna 0.215563754893 8.15908865467 8.33567131479 4.70048036579 Tetraedron minimum 1.38629436112 4.24849524205 1.38629436112 Stephanodiscus parvus 3.91202300543 Chrysococcus 5.73657229748 5.95324333429 2.30258509299 Chroomonas 0.432045321084 Ochromonas 4.09434456222 Volvox globator -0.283415505819 -0.276896932285 Scenedesmus quadricauta 0.631478785584 1.79175946923 3.98388600308 2.48490664979 Asterionella formosa 0.539552062236 1.68639895357 4.30084461811 6.3543700408 4.02535169074 Cosmarium depressum 7.92660259918 9.45145480861 3.17805383035 Cryptomonas marssonii 0.0628969671091 6.68461172767 Tribonema -0.612151722401 Microcystis aeruginosa -1.38629436112 0.405465108108 0.277631736598 3.87120101091 0.405465108108 Dinobryon 2.18605127674 5.37063802813 3.49650756147 Dinobryon sociale 5.43807930892 Stephanodiscus rotula 7.97476222824 9.19441422143 3.25809653802 Euglena gracilis 0.264559655033 Diatoma 7.31322038709 Ulothrix 2.18605127674 5.16478597392 3.09104245336 Staurastrum cingulum -0.386879979529 9.61580548008 Staurastrum paradoxum 9.90348755254 Tabellaria fenestrata 7.86326672401 Nitzschia palea 0.965680873671 4.02203776904 Limnothrix redekei 0.417963586367 Stephanodiscus medius 7.1308988303 Stephanodiscus binderanus 2.40694510832 5.61677109767 2.30258509299 Scenedesmus acutus 1.20825418791 3.17495510663 Pediastrum boryanum 5.85793315448 Diatoma elongatum 7.00306545879 Dinobryon cylindricum -0.645646631101 3.7928510179 5.63835466933 Stephanodiscus hantzschii 0.744945723341 1.9021075264 6.00141487796 2.19194611982 6.3385940782 2.18041745902 Cryptomonas undulata 0.361841062409 Euglena 8.00636756765 Tabellaria flocculosa -0.0588405000231 4.3456589905 Peridinium aciculiferum 9.61580548008 Oscillatoria 0.530628251062 3.91202300543 1.19392246847 Oscillatoria rubescens -0.916290731874 4.24849524205 Tychonema bourrellyi -0.190014280737 Aphanizomenon flos-aquae -0.0202027073175 1.19392246847 3.80666248977 1.19392246847 Ankistrodesmus falcatus 0.597265408855 Kephyrion 4.35670882669 4.12174353641 1.60943791243 Synura petersenii -0.648132663095 6.34998155975 5.99769509686 Tabellaria flocculosa var. asterionelloides -0.274436845702 Anabaena planctonica 2.18605127674 5.70378247466 1.9021075264 Oscillatoria redekei 0.219135529917 Microcystis 0.678758443109 Cyclotella meneghiniana 0.485113701901 2.19722457734 6.65929391968 1.30910472243 7.37775890823 2.52572864431 Chlamydomonas 0.857791911659 2.12226153886 5.80304444649 6.21460809842 2.12226153886 Fragilaria crotonensis 0.312840192586 1.48160454092 3.93926492736 6.74523634948 4.31748811354 Gymnodinium fuscum 11.512925465 Anabaena circinalis 5.70378247466 Monodus 4.72738781871 4.65396035016 2.07944154168 Rhodomonas minuta var. nannoplanktica 4.8094706495 4.62986279858 2.3978952728 Dinobryon bavaricum 5.04342511692 Phacotus lenticularis 2.74727091426 5.61677109767 2.74727091426 Ankyra judayi 4.24849524205 4.19343546487 2.77258872224