On the light and temperature dependence of the minimum and maximum phosphorus contents in cells of the marine plankton diatom Thalassiosira rotula Meunier |
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Authors: | Jahnke, J. Rick, H.-J. Aletsee, L. |
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Affiliation: | Institut fr Biologie I (Botanik), Abteilung fr Systematik und Geobotanik, RW Technische Hochschute Aachen Melaten, Worringerweg, D-5100 Aachen, FRG |
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Abstract: | The thesis that the minimum cell-phosphorus content of planktonalgae is a light- and temperature-independent species constantwas investigated using the marine plankton diatom Thalassiosirarotula. To what extent the maximum cell-phosphorus content isalso a constant, light- and temperature-independent quantityhas been tested in parallel. At 2.5C and 3.03 nE cm2s1 the minimum and maximum cell-phosphorus contents aregreater than the values for 16C and 8.93 nE cm2 s1by a factor of 5.7. The light intensities were kept near thelight saturation for the growth rate for all experimental temperatures(2.5, 6, 12 and 16C). The light dependence of the phosphoruscontent was tested at 12C. For 1.43 nE cm2 s1the minimum phosphorus content was lower by a factor of 2.5than for 64.28 and 80.36 nE cm2 s1 respectively.The maximum P-content for 2.86 nE cm2 s1 was 3.9times higher than for 64.28 nE cm2 s1 T. rotulais, on the basis of the stored P-content, only capable of betweenthree and five cell divisions. The N/P atomic ratios were, dependingupon light and temperature, between 56:1 and 226:1 for the minimumcell-phosphorus content, which implies a pronounced phosphorusdeficiency. |
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