Paper chromatographic seperation of pigments in marine phytoplankton
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 16 (3) , 307-314
- https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9650307
Abstract
A paper chromatographic method was used to separate chlorophylls from carotenoids in marine phytoplankton from seawater and benthic samples. In seawater, chlorophylls a and c and the carotenoids fucoxanthin and carotene were always present. Chlorophyll b was a major pigment on the two occasions when blooms of a green euglenoid organism were abundant. The two main types of degradation products found in the plankton were chlorophyllides and pheophytins.Keywords
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