Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton

By S. Menden‐Deuer, E. Lessard. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography

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Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics (2017, positive): “32 A ﬁ xed conversion factor for the carbon/algae cells ratio was used (mg C cell − 1 ), and for the conversion of chlorophyll-a/carbon ratio, in mg Chl a (mg C ) − 1 , we used the following temperature and light-dependent equation: 31 where nutrients are assumed to be su ﬃ ciently available for…”
Major contribution of diatom resting spores to vertical flux in the sub-polar North Atlantic (2013, methodology): “Carbon to volume relationships for either diatoms or for all other plankton taxa (Menden-Deuer and Lessard, 2000) were used to determine microplankton carbon content.”
Modelling phytoplankton succession on the Bering Sea shelf: role of climate influences and trophic interactions in generating Emiliania huxleyi blooms 1997 2000 (2004, methodology): “For other groups, counts have been converted into biovolume first and then into carbon by using the method of Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000). 0 60 120 180 240 300 360 0 0.”
Growth dynamics of non-toxic Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima and toxic P. seriata (Bacillariophyceae) under simulated spring and summer photoperiods (2005, neutral): “288 volume (Menden-Deuer and Lessard, 2000).”
Feeding and energy budgets of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the onset of winter—II. Juveniles and adults (2002, methodology): “Cell counts and sizes were converted into carbon equivalents via biovolume according to Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000). Chl a was analyzed as described above.”
Modelling spatial and temporal patterns in size-structured marine plankton communities: top -down and bottom -up controls (2014, background): “We switch our focus to carbon at this point because it is the dominant element in plankton dry biomass and it is assumed to provide a good indication of plankton numerical abundance (Menden-Deuer and Lessard, 2000).”
Cellular iron contents of plankton during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX) (2004, methodology): “The equations of Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000) were developed with data culled from earlier published investigations into the C:BV relationship in marine protists and, thus, produce a consensus estimate of C for each cell of a given volume.”
Effect of iron deficiency on diatom cell size and silicic acid uptake kinetics (2004, background): “Silicic acid uptake rate and the surface to volume ratio of the cells—Size can play an important role in structuring marine plankton communities (Moloney and Field 1991), and the size spectrum can thus serve as a convenient basis for exploring the functioning of marine planktonic ecosystem. Moloney ”
Comparison of productivity and phytoplankton in a warm (Kongsfjorden) and a cold (Hornsund) Spitsbergen fjord in mid-summer 2002 (2009, methodology): “The biomass of most abundant taxa was estimated from cell volume measurements (at least ten cells measured) (Edler 1979) using conversion factors for carbon content according to Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000).”
Photosynthesis and respiration in marine phytoplankton: Relationship with cell size, taxonomic affiliation, and growth phase (2014, positive): “9 (Menden-Deuer and Lessard, 2000).”
Scaling-up from nutrient physiology to the size-structure of phytoplankton communities (2006, positive): “75 to 1 (Menden-Deuer and Lessard, 2000).”
Transformation of iodate to iodide in marine phytoplankton driven by cell senescence (2010, methodology): “The cell volume was then converted to cellular carbon content through carbon conversion equations using a carbon to volume relationship recommended by Menden-Deuer & Lessard (2000).”
Microzooplankton grazing in the coastal Gulf of Alaska: Variations in top‐down control of phytoplankton (2007, methodology): “Cell volumes were estimated using standard geometric formulae; cell C content was then estimated from cell volume using the empirical relationships of Putt and Stoecker (1989) for ciliates and Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000) for dinoflagellates.”
Effect of preservation on dinoflagellate and diatom cell volume, and consequences for carbon biomass predictions (2001, positive): “All predictions of cellular C content are based on the C to volume conversion equations in Menden-Deuer & Lessard (2000).”
Phytoplankton vertical distributions and composition in Baltic Sea cyanobacterial blooms (2007, methodology): “Carbon biomass was estimated with the equations of Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000) and used to compare phytoplankton community compositions.”