Decoupling light harvesting, electron transport and carbon fixation during prolonged darkness supports rapid recovery upon re-illumination in the Arctic diatom Chaetoceros neogracilis

Lacour, T; Morin, PI; Sciandra, T; Donaher, N; Campbell, DA; Ferland, J; Babin, M

Lacour, T (reprint author), Univ Laval, CNRS France, Takuvik Joint Int Lab, Pavillon Alexandre Vachon,Local 2078,1045 Ave Med, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada.; Lacour, T (reprint author), Univ Laval, ULaval Canada, Dept Biol, Pavillon Alexandre Vachon,Lo

POLAR BIOLOGY, 2019; 42 (10): 1787

Abstract

During winter in the Arctic marine ecosystem, diatoms have to survive long periods of darkness caused by low sun elevations and the presence of sea ic......

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