| Value |
0.67
N/A
Range: 0.60 to 0.73
|
| Organism |
Protists |
| Reference |
Johnson MD, Völker J, Moeller HV, Laws E, Breslauer KJ, Falkowski PG. Universal constant for heat production in protists. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 21 106(16):6696-9 p.6697 left columnPubMed ID19346469
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| Method |
Using high-precision microcalorimetry in a differential scanning
mode, researchers measured direct heat production at a constant temperature,
against a background signal of culture medium, from
five phyla (three kingdoms) of eukaryotic protists spanning more
than 5 orders of magnitude in carbon biomass, and representing
a large range of cell densities, sizes, and total cell carbon (Table
1). |
| Comments |
The slope of log carbon versus log
volume for the protists researchers studied is low (0.67, with a 95% CI of
0.60–0.73) compared with the corresponding slopes for diverse
phytoplankton, which range between 0.71 (ref 19) and 0.991 (ref 20). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107957 |