ENHANCED PHOTOSYNTHETIC ASSIMILATION RATIOS IN ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT (CONVERGENCE) DIATOMS’
Diatom populations from the Antarctic Polar Front (convergence) in the Drake Passage area exhibited relatively high photosynthesis: chlorophyll a ratios at light saturation. The permanent water column instability and the adverse meteorological conditions observed in the central Drake Passage area se...
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| Summary: | Diatom populations from the Antarctic Polar Front (convergence) in the Drake Passage area exhibited relatively high photosynthesis: chlorophyll a ratios at light saturation. The permanent water column instability and the adverse meteorological conditions observed in the central Drake Passage area seem to product a light-color stress on the physiology of convergence diatoms that are restricted to a blue-green light environment during their life cycle. The enhanced photosynthesis: chlorophyll a ratios that were determined in experiments with Antarctic Polar Front diatoms when exposed to white (fluorescent) light sources, may bc related to the short-wavelength light background of these diatoms. |
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