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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mansilla, Andrés, Méndez, Fabio, Murcia, Silvia, Rodriguez, Juan Pablo, Marambio, Johanna, Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Yokoya, Nair, Bischof, Kai
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Macroalgae; Phaeophyceae; photosynthesis; physiology; environmental heterogeneity; Chile; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Horn; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3264; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29383

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...