Hammer, K. D., Brockmann, U. H. and Kattner, G. (1981) Release of dissolved free amino acids during a bloom of Thalassiosira rotula. Kieler Meeresforschungen - Sonderheft, 5 . pp. 101-109.

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Abstract

Three large plastic enclosures (3-4 m3) were anchored in the outer harbour of Helgoland (German Bight) and filled with natural seawater which was filtered free of algae. The enclosed water bodies were enriched with inorganic nutrients and inoculated with the diatom Thalassiosira rotula. During the growth of the algae diurnal changes in concentration of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) occurred. The periodic concentration changes of individual amino acids with a low carbon to nitrogen ratio showed significant interrelationships with the partly synchronous devisions of the diatoms. From the exponential to the stationary phase the carbon to nitrogen ratio of DFAA shifted to higher values pointing at an adaptation of the organisms to the decreasing inorganic nitrogen source. During the bloom amino acids relatively rich in nitrogen were mainly excreted but by the end of the growth amino acids with a higher carbon content predominated. At phases of high photosynthetic activity the organisms probably reduced the high osmotic pressure by exudation of DFAA.

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