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Reallocation of elemental content and macromolecules in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to acclimate to climate change
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Yong Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Shuai Ma
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Hanbing Chen
College of Life Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Jiabing Li
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Zhengke Li
School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shanxi University of
Science and Technology, Xi'an, China
Kui Xu
Hubei Key Laboratory of Edible Wild Plants Conservation and
Utilization, Hubei Engineering Research Center of Special Wild Vegetables
Breeding and Comprehensive Utilization Technology, College of Life Sciences,
Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, China
Ruiping Huang
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean
and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Hong Zhang
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Yonghe Han
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, College of Carbon
Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and
Resource Recycling, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Institute for Advanced Marine Research, China University of
Geosciences, Guangzhou, China
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We found that increasing light intensity compensates for the negative effects of low phosphorus (P) availability on cellular protein and nitrogen contents. Reduced P availability, increasing light intensity, and ocean acidification act synergistically to increase cellular contents of carbohydrate and POC and the allocation of POC to carbohydrate. These regulation mechanisms in Emiliania huxleyi could provide vital information for evaluating carbon cycle in marine ecosystems under global change.
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