How can large celled diatoms rapidly modulate sinking rates episodically?

Michel Lavoie; John A. Raven

doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa129

How can large celled diatoms rapidly modulate sinking rates episodically?

Michel Lavoie, John A. Raven (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Large variations in sinking rate of large-celled diatoms with a periodicity of ~10 s have their basis in cell density changes. Of the three mechanisms we model, the predicted energy cost is lower for periodic variations in the increase in cell volume than for variations in either the intracellular concentration of inorganic ions, or of organic solutes, that form solutions of different densities These predictions require experimental testing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3386-3389
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Experimental Botany
Volume	71
Issue number	12
Early online date	12 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa129
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2020

Keywords

Cell volume
Density
Diatom
Episodic sinking
Solute concentration
energy cost
episodic sinking
density
solute concentration
diatom

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physiology
Plant Science

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abstract = "Large variations in sinking rate of large-celled diatoms with a periodicity of ~10 s have their basis in cell density changes. Of the three mechanisms we model, the predicted energy cost is lower for periodic variations in the increase in cell volume than for variations in either the intracellular concentration of inorganic ions, or of organic solutes, that form solutions of different densities These predictions require experimental testing.",

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note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Sentinel North program of Universit{\'e} Laval, made possible, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (Excellence postdoctoral fellowship to ML). It was additionally supported by the International Human Frontier Science Program-HSFP Organization (grant to Marcel Babin).The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC015096. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",

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