Identification of senescence and death in Emiliania huxleyi and Thalassiosira pseudonana: Cell staining, chlorophyll alterations, and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-317

  Franklin, Daniel J ^a,b   Airs, Ruth L ^c   Fernandes, Michelle ^b   Bell, Thomas G ^b   Bongaerts, Roy J ^d   Berges, John A ^e   Malin, Gill ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COCCOLITH; DEGRADATION; DIATOM; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SENESCENCE; TRANSFORMATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 84865760136     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.1.0305     Document Type: Article

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