Research Letters in Ecology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 105901, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/105901
Research Letter

Effect of Low pH on Carbohydrate Production by a Marine Planktonic Diatom (Chaetoceros muelleri)

Daniel C. O. Thornton

Department of Oceanography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, Eller O&M Building, College Station, TX 77843-3146, USA

Received 5 November 2008; Accepted 28 January 2009

Academic Editor: Patricia Mosto

Copyright © 2009 Daniel C. O. Thornton. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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