Research Article

Chlorophylls and Phycoerythrins as Markers of Environmental Forcings Including Cyclone Erica Effect (March 2003) on Phytoplankton in the Southwest Lagoon of New Caledonia and Oceanic Adjacent Area

Table 2

Distribution of chlorophylls in main algal classes (inspired from [37]).

Algal classesChl Dv-chl Chl Chl Chl Chl Dv-chl

CHLOROPHYTES
ChlorophyceaeXX
PrasinophyceaeXX
EuglenophyceaeXX
EustigmatophyceaeX

CHROMOPHYTES
Bacillariophycea XXXX
Prymnesiophycea XXXX
ChrysophyceaeXXX
PelagophyceaeXXX
DinophyceaeXX
CryptophyceaeXX

CYANOPHYTES
ProchlorococcusXXX
OthersX

hl replaces chl in some diatoms [37]
ariable combinations of chl c pigments in this group [37]