Can Devaleraea mollis chromatically adapt?
Pinkus, Jake R
Pinkus, Jake R
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Diversity in phytochrome pigments enables algae to harvest light at different heights in the ocean column. This concept, called "chromatic adaption", has been untested on Devaleraea mollis, commonly referred to as "dulse", a red-seaweed popularly eaten on the West Coast. This study will test if Devaleraea mollis can chromatically adapt to red, green, or blue LED lights. If it is, both red and blue lights should induce higher chlorophyll-a, beta-carotene, and allophycocyanin concentrations, while green should induce higher phycoerythrin and phycocyanin. This study is applicable to seaweed farmers who aim to grow deep-red seaweeds high in phycoerythrin.
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2019-01-01
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Ecological Agriculture
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