Carbon and nitrogen content of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in relation to their Alcian Blue adsorption

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 219, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-10

  Engel, A ^a   Passow, U ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Coagulation; Phytoplankton exudation; POC; PON; TEP; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COLORIMETRY; EXOPOLYMER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN;

EID: 0035839798     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps219001     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Nitrogen metabolism of marine planktonic diatoms; excretion, assimilation and cellular pools of free amino acids in seven species with different cell size
2. Further measurements of primary production using a large-volume plastic sphere
3. The abundance and significance of a class of large, transparent organic particles in the ocean
4. A comparision of the chemical characteristics of oceanic DOM and extracellular DOM produced by marine algae
5. A major bioploymeric component of dissolved organic carbon in surface sea water
6. Rapid coupling of sinking particle fluxes between surface and deep ocean waters
7. The production of dissolved organic matter by phytoplankton and its importance to bacteria: Patterns across marine and freshwater systems
8. Carbon, nitrogen, and carbohydrate fluxes during the production of particulate dissolved organic matter by marine phytoplankton
9. Spontaneous assembly of marine dissolved organic matter into polymer gels
10. Stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in marine particulate matter
11. Non-Redfield carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Arctic: Effects of ecosystem structure and dynamics
12. Coagulation efficiency, organic-matter glues and the dynamics of particles during a phytoplankton bloom in a mesocosm study
13. Microbial exopolymer secretions in the ocean environments their role(s) in food webs and marine processes
14. An improved flocculation design for use in particle aggregation experiments
15. The role of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in the increase in apparent particles stickiness (α) during the decline of a diatom bloom
16. 2-uptake and transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) production in natural phytoplankton
17. Influence of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) on sinking velocity of Nitzschia closterium aggregates
18. Verteilung transparenter exopolymerer partikel (TEP) im nordostatlantik untersuchungen entlang eines 20°W schnittes (Meteor 36/2)
19. Diatom extracellular polymeric substances: Function, fine structure, chemistry and physiology
20. Studies on transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) produced in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) and by Phaeocystis antarcitca (Prymnesiophyceae)
21. Dissolved free and combined carbohydrates during a phytoplankton bloom in the Northern North Sea
22. Marine dissolved organic matter: Can its C:N ratio explain carbon overconsumption
23. Respiration and the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of a phytoplankton bloom
24. Phytoplankton aggregate formation: Observation of patterns and mechanisms of cell sticking and the significance of exopolymeric material
25. Abundance and variability of microorganism and TEP across the ice-water interface of melting first-year sea-ice in the Laptev Sea (Arctic)
26. The characterization of algal and microbial mucilages and their aggregates in aquatic ecosystems
27. Rapid formation and sedimentation of large aggregates is predictable from coagulation rates (half-lives) of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)
28. Abundant protein-containing particles in the sea
29. Carbon content and C:N ratio of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) produced by bubbling of exudates of diatoms
30. Seasonal size spectra of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) in a coastal sea and comparison with those predicted using coagulation theory
31. Abundance, size distribution and bacterial colonization of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) during spring in the Kattegat
32. The role of surface-active carbohydrates in the flocculation of a diatom bloom in a mesocosm
33. Production of carbohydrates by marine planktonic diatoms. II Influence of the N/P ratio in the growth medium on the assimilation ratio, growth rate and production of cellular and extracellular carbohydrates by Chaetoceros affinis var Willei (Gran) Hustedt and Skeletonema costatum (Grev) Cleve
34. Production of carbohydrates by the marine diatom Chaetoderos affinis var Willei (Gran) Hustedt II: Preliminary investigation of the extracellular polysaccharide
35. Rate of release of extracellular amino acids and carbohydrates from the marine diatom Chaetoceros affinis
36. Concentration of dissolved organic copper in relation to other chemical and biological parameters in coastal Baltic waters
37. Formation of transparent exopolymer particles, TEP, from dissolved precursor material
38. Distribution, size and bacterial colonization of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in the ocean
39. A dye-binding assay for the spectrophotometric measurement of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in the ocean
40. On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot): IV. The formation of marine snow by P. pouchetii
41. Origin of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and their role in the sedimentation of particulate matter
42. Seasonal variations of dissolved organic matter in the northern Adriatic Sea
43. Alcian Blue: A quantitative aqueous assay for algal acid and sulfated polysaccharides
44. The influence of organism on the composition of sea-water
45. Chemical composition of Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve and Pavlova (Monochrysis) lutheri (Droop) Green as a function of nitrate-, phosphate-, and iron-limited growth
46. Adsorption of dissolved free amino acids on colloidal DOM enhances colloidal DOM utilization but reduces amino acid uptake by orders of magnitude in marine bacterioplankton
47. Marine snow: Sinking rates and potential role in vertical flux
48. Evidence for the seasonal accumulation of carbon-rich dissolved organic material, its scale in comparison with changes in particulate material and the consequential effect on net C/N assimilation ratios
49. Report on DOC and DON measurements made at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1988-1991
50. Paradox lost? On the release of energy-rich compounds by phytoplankton
51. The role of surface active carbohydrates in the formation of transparent exopolymer particles by bubble adsorption of seawater