Buitenhuis, Erik T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-5583, Pangerc, Tanja, Franklin, Daniel J., Le Quéré, Corinne
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-0452 and Malin, Gill
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3639-9215
(2008)
Growth rates of six coccolithophorid strains as a function of temperature.
Limnology and Oceanography, 53 (3).
pp. 1181-1185.
ISSN 1939-5590
Abstract
We determined growth rates of six coccolithophorid strains (five species) as a function of temperature. We grew four strains (three species: Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, and two strains of Calcidiscus leptoporus) at six temperatures between 6°C and 25°C, Coccolithus braarudii at four temperatures, and Syracosphaera pulchra at two temperatures. The growth rates were to a large extent consistent with the biogeographical distributions of these species. C. braarudii grows relatively fast at low temperatures, the two strains of C. leptoporus have temperature optima of 12°C and 20°C, E. huxleyi has an optimum at 20°C, and the growth rate of G. oceanica (and S. pulchra) increases up to the highest tested temperature of 25°C. This shows that maximum growth rate is an important factor in controlling distribution in the ocean, but it is not the only one.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | University of East Anglia > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2011 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 00:48 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24818 |
DOI: | 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.1181 |
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