Adjustment of pigment composition in Desmarestia (Desmarestiaceae) species along a sub-Antarctic to Antarctic latitudinal gradient

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Andrés Mansilla, Fabio Méndez, Silvia Murcia, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Johanna Marambio, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Nair Yokoya, Kai Bischof
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Macroalgae; Phaeophyceae; photosynthesis; physiology; environmental heterogeneity; Chile; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Horn; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29383; https://doaj.org/article/477f9503399a47c4a2a2b45d9b1c1879

Photosynthesis at high latitudes demands efficient strategies of light utilization to maintain algal fitness and performance. The fitness, and physiological adaptation, of a plant or algae species depends in part on the abundance and efficiency of the pigments it can produce to utilize the light res...