A laboratory experiment was carried out to characterize the growth and physiological response of three species of eukaryotic phytoplankton grown with inorganic phosphate and phosphonate as the sole sources of phosphorus (P). Data reported are cell abundance, growth rate, cellular P quotas, and alkaline phosphatase activity.
Three species of marine phytoplankton – Micromonas commoda, Emiliania huxleyi, and Phaeodactylum tricornutum – were grown under four phosphorus (P) conditions. These include phosphate (Pi) replete and deplete conditions and the phosphonate conditions where cultures received either methylphosphonate (MPN) or 2-aminoethylphosphonate (2-AEPN) as the sole source of phosphorus at replete levels. Samples for cell abundance were collected throughout the experiment to monitor growth. In addition, particulate P, to calculate cellular P quota, as well as alkaline phosphatase activity was measured at a single time point when cells were in exponential growth.
Whitney, L., Lomas, M. (2020) Cell abundance, growth rate, cellular P quotas, and alkaline phosphatase activity from a laboratory experiment examining the response of three species of marine phytoplankton grown under different phosphorus (P) conditions. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-08-14 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.820902.1 [access date]
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