Dissolved Organic Carbon from Phytoplankton Export

@incollection{citeulike:3347232, abstract = {Dissolved organic carbon in the sea makes up some 700 gigatons according to conservative estimates. Even more important is the labile part, which constitutes more than 50\% of newly produced DOC. The source of DOC production in the sea is photosynthetic algae. The major constituent in rapidly growing phytoplankton cells is protein, with a content up to about 50\% of organic dry matter; the content of carbohydrate and lipid being somewhat lower. When growth is slow and in stationary phases, the cellular composition will change very markedly and often carbohydrate will be the most prominent constituent.}, author = {Myklestad, Sverre}, citeulike-article-id = {3347232}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10683826_5}, doi = {10.1007/10683826_5}, journal = {Marine Chemistry}, pages = {111--148}, posted-at = {2008-09-28 17:00:59}, priority = {2}, title = {Dissolved Organic Carbon from Phytoplankton}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10683826_5}, year = {2000} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:3347232 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3347232 N2 - Dissolved organic carbon in the sea makes up some 700 gigatons according to conservative estimates. Even more important is the labile part, which constitutes more than 50% of newly produced DOC. The source of DOC production in the sea is photosynthetic algae. The major constituent in rapidly growing phytoplankton cells is protein, with a content up to about 50% of organic dry matter; the content of carbohydrate and lipid being somewhat lower. When growth is slow and in stationary phases, the cellular composition will change very markedly and often carbohydrate will be the most prominent constituent. JF - Marine Chemistry EP - 148 TI - Dissolved Organic Carbon from Phytoplankton SP - 111 AU - Myklestad, Sverre PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10683826_5 ER -