Table 3 Prorocentrum cf. balticum cell abundance from measured and calculated growth rate values over the growth period and the number of mucospheres estimated to have been in each mucus fraction for which carbon was quantified.
From: Mucospheres produced by a mixotrophic protist impact ocean carbon cycling
Cell count (mL) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. | Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Sum | Sum in 10 mL |
1 | 4,300 | 5,719 | 7,606 | 10,116 | 20,570 | 26,741 | 30,630 | 34,306 | 40,080 | 180,068 | 1,800,680 |
2 | 4,950 | 6,584 | 8,756 | 11,646 | 19,750 | 25,675 | 32,230 | 36,098 | 42,1800 | 187,868 | 1,878,680 |
3 | 5,000 | 6,650 | 8,845 | 11,763 | 19,100 | 24,380 | 34,510 | 38,651 | 44,040 | 193,389 | 1,933,890 |
Mucospheres (based on 7.3% production rate) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 314 | 417 | 555 | 738 | 1,502 | 1,952 | 2,236 | 2,504 | 2,926 | 13,145 | 131,450 |
2 | 361 | 481 | 639 | 850 | 1,442 | 1,874 | 2,353 | 2,635 | 3,079 | 13,714 | 137,140 |
3 | 365 | 485 | 646 | 859 | 1,394 | 1,813 | 2,519 | 2,822 | 3,215 | 14,117 | 141,170 |
