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Photosynthetic responses to the temperature of size-fractionated phytoplankton in the wintertime north-western Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2009

Akihiro Shiomoto
Akihiro Shiomoto*
Affiliation:
Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri 099-2493, Japan
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Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Shiomoto, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri 099-2493, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This study shows that the smaller phytoplankton are better able to acclimate to rapid fluctuations in temperature in the open ocean. In contrast, phytoplankton of all sizes have possibly the same ability along the coast.

Keywords

phytoplanktonphotosynthesistemperaturesizeacclimation
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , March 2009 , pp. 265 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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