Kinetics of carbon dioxide uptake by phytoplankton at high pH1

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Abstract
When phytoplankton assimilate CO2 at the low concentrations existing at high pH their uptake rates may be limited by diffusion transport. Dehydroxylation of HCO3− to CO2 will, however, reduce the effect of transport limitation. In this paper the equation for diffusion with chemical reaction that produces the diffusing substance is solved for a spherical cell with a surface absorption rate given by an equation of the Monod form to yield uptake rate as a function of CO2 concentration when transport limited. The influence of cell motility is included. A criterion is derived by which the importance of transport limitation can be ascertained for a cell whose half‐saturation constant and maximum uptake rate are known.

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