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SUBMITTER: Du Clos KT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451371 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Du Clos Kevin T KT Karp-Boss Lee L Villareal Tracy A TA Gemmell Brad J BJ
Biology letters 20190301 3
Several species of large, centric diatoms exhibit an unsteady sinking behaviour characterized by order-of-magnitude oscillations in sinking speed that occur over seconds. We show that under nutrient-depleted conditions, Coscinodiscus wailesii exhibits significantly stronger unsteady sinking behaviour in the light than in the dark. Results suggest that regulating unsteady sinking in response to irradiance as well as nutrient conditions may help C. wailesii balance its requirements for light and n ...[more]