Cell radii representative for marine diatoms
| Range | 5 to 50 μm |
|---|---|
| Organism | Diatoms |
| Reference | Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow, Ulf Riebesell, Steffen Burkhardt and Jelle Bijma, Direct effects of CO2 concentration on growth and isotopic composition of marine plankton, Tellus (1999), 51B, 461–476 p.464 right column 3rd paragraph |
| Comments | "In fact, at cell sizes representative for marine diatoms (5–50 mm in radius) and growth rates typically observed in natural populations (0.5–1 d-1), cellular carbon demand remains well below the potential CO2 supply from the bulk medium to the cell surface (Fig. 2)." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108712 |