Investigation of Photosynthetic Pigments of Symbiotic Algae of the Baikal Sponges
OLGA YU. GLYZINA and GRIGORY I. BARAM
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Ulan-Batorskaya 3, Irkutsk 664033 (Russia), E-mail: bioin@sifibr.irk.ru
Pages: 285-290
Abstract
The data on a and b chlorophyll content of unicellular algae incorporated into the symbiotic association of the Baikal sponges Lubomirskia baicalensis and Baikalospongia bacillifera are obtained by means of microcolumn reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection. A connection between the number of chlorophylls and the depth of sponge habitat is demonstrated. A stronger decrease of chlorophyll content with depth increase is observed in Lubomirskia baicalensis.
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