Peter A. Thompson

TL;DR: The influence of temperature on the biochemical composition of eight species of marine phytoplankton was investigated and patterns of variation in carbon, nitrogen, and protein quotas as a function of temperature were similar.

TL;DR: It is found that small-ranging species are in double jeopardy, with limited ability to escape warming and greater intrinsic vulnerability to stochastic disturbances, and independent support for the hypothesis that species with narrow latitudinal ranges are limited by factors other than climate.

TL;DR: Examples of changes in protein, carbohydrate, lipid and certain fatty acids under nutrient (N, Si or P) or light limitation, emphasize the importance of knowing the phase (e.g. logarithmic vs stationary) of the growth curve in batch cultures, since the nutritional value of the phytoplankters could change as cultures become dense and growth is terminated due to nutrient or light limitations.

TL;DR: An obligate requirement for selenium is demonstrated in axenic culture of the coastal marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana grown in artificial seawater medium.

TL;DR: The results provide new eridence that the maximum growth rates of microalgae may be limited by enzymatic processes associated with the assimilation of NO3−, or urea.