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SUBMITTER: Six C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2129112 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Six Christophe C Finkel Zoe V ZV Irwin Andrew J AJ Campbell Douglas A DA
PloS one 20071219 12
Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus picocyanobacteria are dominant contributors to marine primary production over large areas of the ocean. Phytoplankton cells are entrained in the water column and are thus often exposed to rapid changes in irradiance within the upper mixed layer of the ocean. An upward fluctuation in irradiance can result in photosystem II photoinactivation exceeding counteracting repair rates through protein turnover, thereby leading to net photoinhibition of primary productivit ...[more]