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Table 2.1
Summary of photosynthetic carbon fixation and light-independent carbon fixation (LICF) rates as well as percentage ratios of selected seaweeds
from three major taxonomic divisions and biogeographic regions
Species
Light
14
C fixation
Location
Thallus part
LICF
Ratio (%)
References
mol
14
Ch
1
)g
1
FW
(
m
Chlorophyta
Cladophora columbina
Pacific Grove, California
Whole thallus
6.6
0.06
0.90
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Codium fragile
Helgoland Island, North Sea
Whole thallus
20.5
0.27
1.31
Kremer (
1981
)
Codium decorticatum
a
Atlantic coast of Florida
Whole thallus
20.6
0.1
0.48
Reiskind et al. (
1988
)
Ulva lactuca
Pacific Grove, California
Whole thallus
27
0.18
0.66
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Ulva lactuca
b
Helgoland Island, North Sea
Whole thallus
14.6
0.08
0.55
Kremer (
1981
)
Udotea flabellum
Florida, Gulf of Mexico
Blades
10.1
0.65
6.22
Reiskind et al. (
1988
)
Rhodophyta
Delesseria sanguinea
c
Helgoland Island, North Sea
Whole thallus
7.95
0.06
0.75
Kremer (
1981
)
Chondracantus canaliculatus
Pacific Grove, California
Whole thallus
15.6
0.07
0.45
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Chondrus crispus
Helgoland Island, North Sea
Whole thallus
4.2
0.18
0.75
Kremer (
1981
)
Gracilaria lemaneiformis
Pacific Grove, California
Apical branch
12
0.06
0.50
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Iridaea cordata
Pacific Grove, California
Whole thallus
14.4
0.07
0.48
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
2001a
)
Iridaea cordata
d
King George I., Antarctica (culture) Whole thallus
2.5-15
0.2-2.1
1.9-17.2
Weykam (
1996
)
Palmaria decipiens
King George I., Antarctica (culture)
Young blade
11.6
0.20
1.72
Thomas and Wiencke (
1991
)
Palmaria decipiens
d
King George I., Antarctica (culture) Whole thallus
4-13
0.12-1.59
0.7-31.1
Weykam (
1996
)
Plocamium cartilagineum
Pacific Grove, California
Apical branch
12
0.04
0.33
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Phaeophyceae
Ascophyllum nodosum
Tay Estuary, East Coast of Scotland
Blades
15
0.37
2.46
Johnston and Raven (
1986
)
Ascoseira mirabilis
King George I., Antarctica (culture)
Growing zone
11.4
0.7
6.14
Thomas and Wiencke (
1991
)
Ascoseira mirabilis
King George I., Antarctica (culture)
Apical zone
15.8
1.5
9.50
G´mez et al. (
1995a
,
b
)
Desmarestia anceps
King George I., Antarctica (culture) Whole thallus
29.7
1
3.36
Thomas and Wiencke (
1991
)
Desmarestia antarctica
King George I., Antarctica (culture)
Young thallus
43.9
1.2
2.73
Thomas and Wiencke (
1991
)
Egregia menziesii
Pacific Grove, California
Lateral blade
16.2
0.11
0.67
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
1997
)
Eisenia arborea
e
Helgoland I., North Sea
Blades
18.5
0.71
3.83
Kremer (
1981
)
Fucus serratus
Helgoland I., North Sea
Growing zone
17.4
0.70
4
Kremer (
1981
)
Himantothallus grandifolius
King George I., Antarctica (culture)
Young thallus
11
0.40
3.63
Thomas and Wiencke (
1991
)
Laminaria setchellii
Pacific Grove, California
Growing zone
15
1.92
12.80
Cabello-Pasini and Alberte (
2001b
)
