Table 1.
Maximum iron use efficiencies (IUEmax) and maximum iron-sufficient growth rates (μmax) for Synechococcus bacillaris and two coastal eukaryotic species: the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Sunda and Huntsman, 2011) and the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Sunda and Huntsman, 1997).
| Species | Light intensity (μmol quanta m-2 s-1) | Maximum IUE (kmol C [mol Fe]-1 d-1) | μmax (d-1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synechococcus bacillaris | 500 | 4.86±0.48 | 0.617±0.007 |
| 160 | 3.9 | 0.59 | |
| 50 | 1.77 | 0.34 | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana | 500 | 45.9±1.9 | 1.78±0.09 |
| 50 | 8.9 | 0.48 | |
| Prorocentrum miminum | 500 | 35.2 | 0.61 |
| 50 | 8.4 | 0.32 |