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Probes for Assessing Single-Cell Primary Production: Antibodies Against Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase (RuBPCase) and Peridinin/Chlorophyll A Protein (PCP)

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Immunochemical Approaches to Coastal, Estuarine and Oceanographic Questions

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Identification of the factors controlling spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton production is a major issue in biological oceanography. Although the interest in primary production has a long history, recent technological developments have enabled new approaches to the problem of its measurement. With the availability of new methods, the approach has shifted from gross estimation of primary production to include studying the control processes influencing individual phytoplankton cells. The effect of environmental factors on the metabolic activity and growth at the species level is a key to understanding large-scale patterns of production and distribution of phytoplankton in the ocean.

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Orellana, M.V., Perry, M.J., Watson, B.A. (1988). Probes for Assessing Single-Cell Primary Production: Antibodies Against Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase (RuBPCase) and Peridinin/Chlorophyll A Protein (PCP). In: Yentsch, C.M., Mague, F.C., Horan, P.K. (eds) Immunochemical Approaches to Coastal, Estuarine and Oceanographic Questions. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 25. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7642-2_18

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