Physiology of sea ice diatoms. II. Dark survival of three polar diatoms
Three polar sea ice diatoms were exposed to 5 months of darkness at −2 °C to simulate polar winter conditions. Cells were tested monthly for the ability to initiate growth of a population. A critical percentage (~1–100%) of a nonaxenic population of each diatom remained viable after 5 months of dark...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1983
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/m83-026 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/m83-026 |
Summary: | Three polar sea ice diatoms were exposed to 5 months of darkness at −2 °C to simulate polar winter conditions. Cells were tested monthly for the ability to initiate growth of a population. A critical percentage (~1–100%) of a nonaxenic population of each diatom remained viable after 5 months of dark incubation. Survival was generally enhanced by preconditioning cells with a simulated summer–winter transition (decreasing light and temperature, increasing salinity) or a simple light–dark transition; however, preconditioning was not essential to the survival of sea ice diatom cultures under winter conditions. |
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