Slow carboxylation of Rubisco constrains the rate of carbon fixation during Antarctic phytoplankton blooms

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 172-181

  Young, Jodi N ^a   Goldman, Johanna A L ^a   Kranz, Sven A ^a   Tortell, Philippe D ^b   Morel, Francois M M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carboxylation; Cold water; Diatoms; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Psychrophilic; Rubisco; Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP)

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANTARCTICA; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; DIATOM; ENZYMOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIATOMS; EUTROPHICATION; KINETICS; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84911935354     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13021     Document Type: Article

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