ENERGETIC COST. “Calcification is an energy-dependent process and so is ultimately dependent on photo- synthesis in the obligately photolithotrophic coccolithophores…the absolute minimum energy cost for the conversion of 1 mol CO2 to carbohydrate is 8.43 mol of absorbed photons (400−700 nm).”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022