Photosynthetic pigments in diatoms

P Kuczynska, M Jemiola-Rzeminska, K Strzalka - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Photosynthetic pigments are bioactive compounds of great importance for the food,
cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. They are not only responsible for capturing solar …

Extraction and quantification of chlorophylls, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, and vitamins from halophyte biomasses

LSS Hulkko, T Chaturvedi, MH Thomsen - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants, and they have been utilised as healthy, nutritious
vegetables and medicinal herbs. Various studies have shown halophytes to be rich in health …

Climate change is associated with higher phytoplankton biomass and longer blooms in the West Antarctic Peninsula

A Ferreira, CRB Mendes, RR Costa, V Brotas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Antarctic Peninsula (West Antarctica) marine ecosystem has undergone
substantial changes due to climate-induced shifts in atmospheric and oceanic temperatures …

Cryptophytes: An emerging algal group in the rapidly changing Antarctic Peninsula marine environments

CRB Mendes, RR Costa, A Ferreira… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a climatically sensitive region where
foundational changes at the basis of the food web have been recorded; cryptophytes are …

Shifts in the dominance between diatoms and cryptophytes during three late summers in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)

CRB Mendes, VM Tavano, MC Leal, MS de Souza… - Polar biology, 2013 - Springer
Recent global warming reduces surface water salinity around the Antarctic Peninsula as a
result of the glacial meltwater runoff, which increases the occurrence and abundance of …

New insights on the dominance of cryptophytes in Antarctic coastal waters: a case study in Gerlache Strait

CRB Mendes, VM Tavano, TS Dotto, R Kerr… - Deep Sea Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in phytoplankton composition from large diatoms to small cryptophytes
and their implications to the food web have been previously associated with rapid warming …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of different culture media on physiological features and laboratory scale production cost of Dunaliella salina

GA Colusse, CRB Mendes, MER Duarte… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgal cultivation system depends on optimal parameters obtained from laboratory
conditions to overcome high-value compounds production and decrease cost. In this study …

Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016

RR Costa, CRB Mendes, VM Tavano… - Limnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are considered the main base of the Southern Ocean food web as they are
responsible for more than 85% of its annual primary production and play a crucial role in the …

Dynamics of phytoplankton communities during late summer around the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula

CRB Mendes, MS de Souza, VMT Garcia… - Deep Sea Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
The composition and distribution of phytoplankton assemblages around the tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula were studied during two summer cruises (February/March 2008 and …

Underwater hyperspectral imaging (UHI): A review of systems and applications for proximal seafloor ecosystem studies

JC Montes-Herrera, E Cimoli, V Cummings, N Hill… - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine ecosystem monitoring requires observations of its attributes at different spatial and
temporal scales that traditional sampling methods (eg, RGB imaging, sediment cores) …