On the Pigment Composition of Eleven Species of Marine Phytoplankters

Abstract

The amounts of different chlorophylls and carotenoids in eleven representatives of marine phytoplankton have been estimated. Representatives of the Chlorophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae and Myxophyceae were grown under similar chemical and physical conditions and their pigment content was determined during the exponential phase of growth. Particular attention was paid to the presence of chlorophyll c as well as to the identity of certain carotenoids.