Dissolved oceanic CO 2 concentrations are rising as result of increasing atmospheric partial
pressure of CO 2 (pCO 2), which has large consequences for phytoplankton. To test how …

Background: Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), are important
constituents of human nutrition and have key roles in maintaining health through their effects …

Metabolomics techniques aim to comprehensively extract, quantify, and evaluate
metabolites from a given organism or community and have developed into an indispensable …

Si is an essential nutrient for diatom growth. It is involved in frustule formation and is directly
linked to the cell cycle. Despite numerous studies analyzing Si starvation in diatoms, the …

This chapter gives an overview of lipids in diatoms using the lens of sustainability. The
chapter begins by introducing lipids in general, the role fatty acids (including those of …

The nutritional quality of microalgae used as feed in larviculture is essential to improve
shrimp production. The shrimp Penaeus vannamei (zoea) larvae were fed with the …

An iron (Fe)-binding substance (FeBS) was sought for the marine diatom Thalassiosira
pseudonana, because the organism is devoid of a gene that encodes the predominant Fe …

All photosynthetic, pelagic organisms that live in the aquatic environment and are mainly
moved by the water currents, are defined as phytoplankton. Phytoplankton comprises …

Measurement of total primary production using 13C incorporation is a widely established
tool. However, these bulk measurements lack information about the fate of fixed carbon: the …

Cultivated sunflower in one of the key plants used by humans. Nowadays sunflower is
planted mainly for the seed oil. It takes position number four on the global seed oil market …