In order to assess the influence of light and salinity on
the germination and growth of spores, PO4–P and NH4–
N were kept constant in all treatments (6.4 μmol l−1 and
32 μmol l− 1, respectively), while three levels of light
intensities (20, 40 and 90 μE m−2 s−1) were crossed
with three levels of salinity (5, 20 and 35 psu).