Table 3. The fitted parameters derived from the rapid light curves of P. tricornutum.

Generations and parameters		LC			HC
		60	200	460	60	200	460
	Ek	370±15.7a	672±9.9a	1313±146.7a*	426±72.1a	680±38.8a	1157±76.4a*
1–2	rETRmax	105±1.1a	133±0.3a	127±7.9a*	113±7.5a	133±7.4a	138±3.8a*
	α	0.28±0.005a	0.20±0.003a	0.10±0.017a	0.27±0.027a	0.20±0.001a	0.12±0.011a
	Ek	314±18.7a	629±12.7a*	1167±28.1b*	342±9.1a	654±16.1a*	1076±82.1ab*
12–18	rETRmax	77±5.1b	102±1.6b	107±8.7b	81±2.6b	117±0.4b	118±5.4b
	α	0.24±0.001b	0.16±0.001b	0.10±0.005a	0.24±0.014b	0.18±0.005a	0.11±0.007a
	Ek	261±6.4b	546±17.2b	1060±41.0c	248±20.0b	481±1.3b	982±79.8b
25–36	rETRmax	81±0.6b	115±2.9c	118±4.8a	82±0.9b	113±0.9b	127±4.5b
	α	0.30±0.010a*	0.20±0.001a*	0.10±0.001a*	0.33±0.031c*	0.24±0.002b*	0.13±0.019a*

The fitted parameters derived from the rapid light curves of P. tricornutum cells grown under the LC (390 ppmv, pH 8.18) and HC (1000 ppmv, pH 7.82) and then both acclimated to different light levels (60, 200 and 460 µmol m⁻² s⁻¹) for different generations (from 1 to 36 generations): E_k, the initial light saturation point (µmol m⁻² s⁻¹); rETR_max, the maximal rate of relative electron transport; α, the apparent light use efficiency. Values are means ± SD, n = 3 (triplicate cultures). Different superscript letters represent significant among the different generations within the LC or HC-grown cells and the asterisks indicate significant difference between LC and HC at p<0.05.