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Journal of Plankton Research Vol.24 no.1 pp.49-53, 2002
© Oxford University Press 2002
Direct relationship between CO2 uptake and transparent exopolymer particles production in natural phytoplankton
Institut FÜR Meereskunde, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
Present Address: Alfred Wegener Institute For Polar- And Marine Research, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany. E-Mail: aengel{at}bremerhaven.de
Incubation experiments with natural phytoplankton revealed a relationship between CO2 concentration and the production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), with TEP production being linearly related to theoretical CO2 uptake rates.