Large-sized phytoplankton sustain higher carbon-specific photosynthesis than smaller cells in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem

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Effects of salinity on the growth rate and morphology of ten Skeletonema strains (2011, background): “…fact that large cells of S. subsalsum outgrew genetically identical small ones in our culture conditions may have some bearing on ecology because in coastal eutrophic ecosystems, larger phytoplankton cells sustain higher carbon-specific photosynthesis rates than smaller ones (Cermeno et al., 2005).”
Scaling-up from nutrient physiology to the size-structure of phytoplankton communities (2006, unknown): “…rates that have been reported for diatom-enriched macroplankton size fractions versus smaller size fractions from tropical (Furnas, 1991; Malone et al., 1993; Maranon et al., 2001), temperate (Tamigneaux et al., 1999; Cermeño et al., 2005a, 2005b), and polar regions (Legendre et al., 1993).”