Pigment composition, spectral characterization and photosynthetic parameters in Chrysochromulina polylepis

Abstract

The photobiological response of an isolate of the prymnesiophyte Chrysochromulina polylepis, obtained from a bloom in the Skagerrak in May-June 1988, was evaluated with respect to pigment composition, spectral dependence of light harvesting, and photosynthetic parameters of cultures grown at 75-120 μmol m-2 s-1 irradiance, 16 h day length and 15°C. Results were compared to similarly grown cultures of the diatom Skeletonema costatum that appeared before and after the C. polylepis bloom. -from Authors