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CHLOROPHYLL a:b RATIOS IN MARINE PLANKTONIC ALGAE 1
Author(s) -
Wood A. Michelle
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1979.00330.x
Subject(s) - biology , algae , plankton , chlorophyll a , botany , chlorophyll , green algae , chlorophyll c , oceanography , ecology , chlorophyll fluorescence , geology
Chlorophyll a:b ratios for Chlorella capsulata Guillard, Bold & MacEntee, Chlorosarcinopsis halophila Guillard, Bold,& MacEntee, Nannochloris atomus Butcher and Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke were found to be 1.74, 2.46, 1.89, and 1.53, respectively. Compared to previously published values in marine planktonic algae, these ratios are similar to the average value (2.17, SD = 1.12) reported for 25 species in 15 genera. Both the new data and previously published data support the hypothesis that marine algae have lower chlorophyll a:b ratios than do other chlorophyll b containing plants.