Abstract
Stable carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios were determined for the saponifiable lipid fraction as well as the cellulose fraction (the latter after nitration to remove exchangeable hydrogens) of several species of red, brown and green algae from three locations. A significant correlation was observed between the hydrogen isotope ratios of cellulose nitrate and saponifiable lipid for red algae, but not for brown or green algae. Carbon-13/carbon-12 ratios for both fractions of red algae were in general lower than those observed for brown and green algae. The results reported here are consistent with the proposals that red algae evolved much earlier than and are metabolically different from the brown and green algae.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 320-324 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Planta |
| Volume | 169 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Carbon isotope ratios
- Chlorophyta
- Hydrogen isotope ratios
- Isotopic relationships
- Phaeophyta
- Rhodophyta
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Plant Science
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Isotopic relationships between saponifiable lipids and cellulose nitrate prepared from red, brown and green algae. / Sternberg, Leonel; De Niro, M. J.; Ajie, H. O.
In: Planta, Vol. 169, No. 3, 01.11.1986, p. 320-324.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Isotopic relationships between saponifiable lipids and cellulose nitrate prepared from red, brown and green algae
AU - Sternberg, Leonel
AU - De Niro, M. J.
AU - Ajie, H. O.
PY - 1986/11/1
Y1 - 1986/11/1
N2 - Stable carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios were determined for the saponifiable lipid fraction as well as the cellulose fraction (the latter after nitration to remove exchangeable hydrogens) of several species of red, brown and green algae from three locations. A significant correlation was observed between the hydrogen isotope ratios of cellulose nitrate and saponifiable lipid for red algae, but not for brown or green algae. Carbon-13/carbon-12 ratios for both fractions of red algae were in general lower than those observed for brown and green algae. The results reported here are consistent with the proposals that red algae evolved much earlier than and are metabolically different from the brown and green algae.
AB - Stable carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios were determined for the saponifiable lipid fraction as well as the cellulose fraction (the latter after nitration to remove exchangeable hydrogens) of several species of red, brown and green algae from three locations. A significant correlation was observed between the hydrogen isotope ratios of cellulose nitrate and saponifiable lipid for red algae, but not for brown or green algae. Carbon-13/carbon-12 ratios for both fractions of red algae were in general lower than those observed for brown and green algae. The results reported here are consistent with the proposals that red algae evolved much earlier than and are metabolically different from the brown and green algae.
KW - Carbon isotope ratios
KW - Chlorophyta
KW - Hydrogen isotope ratios
KW - Isotopic relationships
KW - Phaeophyta
KW - Rhodophyta
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JO - Planta
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SN - 0032-0935
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