p. 63 - 70 THE INFLUENCE OF N/P RATIO ON THE SYNTHESIS AND GROWTH PROCESSES OF CHLORELLA SP. ALGA, ISOLATED FROM THE BLACK SEA Pia Elena Mihnea and Iulia Voinescu Romanian Marine Research Institute Constantza Abstract Preliminary results on the influence of N/P ratio in marine unicel- lular algae Chlorella sp. are presented. The authors correlate the culture growth stadium with mainly cellular compounds synthesis.