Contrasting photoacclimation costs in ecotypes of the marine eukaryotic picoplankter Ostreococcus

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Six, Christophe ^a   Finkel, Zoe V ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco ^b,c   Marie, Dominique ^b   Partensky, Frédéric ^b   Campbell, Douglas A ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ECOTYPE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EUKARYOTA; OSTREOCOCCUS; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI;

EID: 38749091643     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0255     Document Type: Article

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