Appendix 1: Literature survey of plankton respiration rates
Group / Reference / Species / Temperature(°C) / Body carbon
(pg C cell-1) / Body volume
(μm3) / Respiration
(mmol O2 ind-1 d-1)
1 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 21 / 39.4 / 255.2 / 1.52E-09
2 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 21 / 46.4 / 304.0 / 7.89E-10
3 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 21 / 42.9 / 279.5 / 6.56E-10
4 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 21 / 42.9 / 279.5 / 1.08E-09
5 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Skeletonema costatum / 21 / 21.7 / 206.9 / 9.13E-10
6 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Skeletonema costatum / 21 / 16.4 / 145.8 / 5.83E-10
7 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Skeletonema costatum / 21 / 33.5 / 353.2 / 7.72E-10
8 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Skeletonema costatum / 21 / 32.5 / 340.2 / 1.21E-09
9 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Ditylum brightwellii / 21 / 813.6 / 18018.6 / 1.69E-08
10 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Ditylum brightwellii / 21 / 910.3 / 20696.3 / 1.67E-08
11 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Thalassiosira rotula / 21 / 289.4 / 5036.5 / 7.41E-09
12 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Thalassiosira pseudonana / 21 / 40.8 / 449.6 / 6.69E-10
13 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Scrippsiella trochoidea / 21 / 1275.6 / 10367.8 / 2.50E-08
14 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Emiliania huxleyi / 21 / 4.3 / 24.1 / 1.47E-10
15 / Phytoplankton / Eppley and Sloan (1965) / Syracosphaera elongata / 21 / 269.3 / 1978.7 / 1.06E-08
16 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Prorocentrum micans / 18 / 1068.0 / 4340.0 / 1.01E-08
17 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Prorocentrum micans / 18 / 1096.0 / 5096.0 / 1.22E-08
18 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Prorocentrum micans / 18 / 1117.0 / 5122.0 / 1.80E-08
19 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Prorocentrum micans / 18 / 1178.0 / 5350.0 / 2.16E-08
20 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 10.3 / 37.0 / 1.58E-10
21 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 12.4 / 50.0 / 1.87E-10
22 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 15.0 / 55.0 / 2.88E-10
23 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 16.5 / 52.0 / 3.17E-10
24 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 20.0 / 57.0 / 3.31E-10
25 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Thalassiosira weisflogii / 18 / 275.0 / 1172.0 / 2.88E-09
26 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Thalassiosira weisflogii / 18 / 277.0 / 1460.0 / 6.77E-09
27 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Thalassiosira weisflogii / 18 / 291.0 / 1675.0 / 1.04E-08
28 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Thalassiosira weisflogii / 18 / 328.0 / 1364.0 / 1.08E-08
29 / Phytoplankton / Falkowski et al. (1985) / Thalassiosira weisflogii / 18 / 326.0 / 1480.0 / 1.18E-08
30 / Phytoplankton / Garcia and Purdie (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 605.0 / 3615.0 / 1.80E-08
31 / Phytoplankton / Garcia and Purdie (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 682.0 / 5564.0 / 2.04E-08
32 / Phytoplankton / Garcia and Purdie (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 689.0 / 5926.0 / 2.23E-08
33 / Phytoplankton / Garcia and Purdie (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 1335.0 / 6574.0 / 2.28E-08
34 / Phytoplankton / Garcia and Purdie (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 1381.0 / 6109.0 / 2.21E-08
35 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 8.1 / 61.3 / 1.38E-10
36 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 8.0 / 60.3 / 1.90E-10
37 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 12.3 / 102.6 / 4.41E-10
38 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 8.3 / 63.1 / 2.16E-10
39 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 10.3 / 82.4 / 1.81E-10
40 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 12.4 / 103.6 / 3.37E-10
41 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 12.4 / 103.6 / 2.33E-10
42 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 10.6 / 85.4 / 2.42E-10
43 / Phytoplankton / Geider et al. (1985) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 23 / 10.7 / 86.4 / 2.59E-10
44 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 10.4 / 34.2 / 1.73E-10
45 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 10.8 / 33.8 / 1.61E-10
46 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 12.7 / 33.3 / 1.58E-10
47 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 13.7 / 32.9 / 1.37E-10
48 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 14.1 / 32.5 / 1.41E-10
49 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 14.4 / 32.0 / 1.44E-10
50 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 16.4 / 31.6 / 1.37E-10
51 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 17.7 / 31.1 / 1.32E-10
52 / Phytoplankton / Herzig and Falkowski (1989) / Isochrysis galbana / 18 / 17.7 / 30.7 / 1.32E-10
53 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 16.0 / 65.0 / 4.22E-11
54 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 15.0 / 119.0 / 2.16E-10
55 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 16.0 / 119.0 / 3.23E-10
56 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 14.0 / 119.0 / 2.69E-10
57 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 22.0 / 124.0 / 6.34E-10
58 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 16.0 / 124.0 / 3.46E-10
59 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 29.0 / 119.0 / 8.35E-10
60 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 31.0 / 119.0 / 6.18E-10
61 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Skeletonema costatum / 15 / 30.0 / 161.0 / 7.56E-10
62 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 168.0 / 833.0 / 1.90E-09
63 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 183.0 / 945.0 / 1.67E-09
64 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 204.0 / 1023.0 / 1.27E-09
65 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 207.0 / 905.0 / 1.69E-09
66 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 299.0 / 1124.0 / 4.02E-09
67 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Olisthodiscus luteus / 15 / 314.0 / 1150.0 / 5.28E-09
68 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 2539.0 / 13036.0 / 6.89E-08
69 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 2776.0 / 13306.0 / 8.13E-08
70 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 3078.0 / 14137.0 / 6.06E-08
71 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 4190.0 / 15150.0 / 6.44E-08
72 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 1957.0 / 10653.0 / 7.42E-08
73 / Phytoplankton / Langdon (1987) / Gonyaulax tamarensis / 15 / 4035.0 / 16210.0 / 1.47E-07
74 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
small cells / 20 / 37.6 / 406.8 / 6.49E-10
75 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
small cells / 20 / 28.8 / 292.8 / 7.85E-10
76 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
small cells / 20 / 22.8 / 219.5 / 1.10E-09
77 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
small cells / 20 / 19.1 / 176.5 / 1.18E-09
78 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
large cells / 20 / 66.9 / 827.8 / 3.85E-10
79 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
large cells / 20 / 69.7 / 870.7 / 7.49E-10
80 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
large cells / 20 / 69.8 / 872.2 / 1.20E-09
81 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
large cells / 20 / 60.7 / 734.2 / 1.44E-09
82 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Thalassiosira allenii-
large cells / 20 / 47.7 / 545.5 / 2.09E-09
83 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 13.1 / 79.1 / 2.06E-10
84 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 9.3 / 54.9 / 2.19E-10
85 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 8.9 / 52.4 / 2.80E-10
86 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 10.1 / 59.9 / 3.46E-10
87 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 9.4 / 55.5 / 2.35E-10
88 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Monochrysis lutheri / 20 / 11.2 / 66.9 / 2.58E-10
89 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 30.6 / 195.2 / 3.83E-10
90 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 26.6 / 168.1 / 4.59E-10
91 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 24.3 / 152.7 / 7.96E-10
92 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 21.8 / 136.0 / 8.94E-10
93 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 19.7 / 122.1 / 9.60E-10
94 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 23.1 / 144.7 / 1.07E-09
95 / Phytoplankton / Laws and Wong (1978) / Dunaliella tertiolecta / 20 / 34.1 / 219.0 / 1.07E-09
96 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 29.2 / 185.5 / 1.15E-09
97 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 30.2 / 192.5 / 1.92E-09
98 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 29.2 / 185.6 / 2.24E-09
99 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 28.2 / 178.8 / 2.20E-09
100 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 27.2 / 171.9 / 2.91E-09
101 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 26.1 / 165.0 / 2.59E-09
102 / Phytoplankton / Levy and Gantt (1990) / Porphyridium purpureum / 18 / 25.1 / 158.2 / 2.19E-09
103 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Isochrysis galbana / 21 / 1.9 / 40.0 / 1.82E-10
104 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Isochrysis galbana / 21 / 1.9 / 40.0 / 2.68E-10
105 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Isochrysis galbana / 21 / 1.3 / 32.0 / 3.11E-10
106 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Isochrysis galbana / 21 / 1.3 / 32.0 / 7.18E-10
107 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Thalassiosira pseudonana / 21 / 5.7 / 60.0 / 5.25E-10
108 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Thalassiosira pseudonana / 21 / 6.7 / 50.0 / 8.36E-10
109 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Thalassiosira pseudonana / 21 / 6.7 / 50.0 / 1.45E-09
110 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Chaetoceros sp. / 21 / 1.8 / 37.0 / 2.04E-10
111 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Chaetoceros sp. / 21 / 0.6 / 21.0 / 2.46E-10
112 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Tetraselmis sp. / 21 / 20.2 / 445.0 / 7.29E-10
113 / Phytoplankton / Martinez (1992) / Tetraselmis sp. / 21 / 14.9 / 282.0 / 1.20E-09
114 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 1380.0 / 11273.4 / 2.21E-08
115 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 1335.0 / 10882.3 / 2.28E-08
116 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 690.0 / 5388.5 / 2.23E-08
117 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 682.0 / 5322.0 / 2.04E-08
118 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Gyrodinium cf. aureolum / 20 / 605.0 / 4684.5 / 1.80E-08
119 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Brachiomonas sp. / 20 / 223.0 / 1618.3 / 9.84E-09
120 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Brachiomonas sp. / 20 / 269.0 / 1976.0 / 9.36E-09
121 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Brachiomonas sp. / 20 / 280.0 / 2062.2 / 8.16E-09
122 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Brachiomonas sp. / 20 / 256.0 / 1874.5 / 3.24E-09
123 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Brachiomonas sp. / 20 / 242.0 / 1765.5 / 2.28E-09
124 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Pycnococcus provasolii / 20 / 3.3 / 18.2 / 1.01E-10
125 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Pycnococcus provasolii / 20 / 3.0 / 16.5 / 7.68E-11
126 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Pycnococcus provasolii / 20 / 3.6 / 20.0 / 1.18E-10
127 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Pycnococcus provasolii / 20 / 3.7 / 20.6 / 9.12E-11
128 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Pycnococcus provasolii / 20 / 2.9 / 15.9 / 4.32E-11
129 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Synechococcus sp. / 22 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 1.20E-11
130 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Synechococcus sp. / 22 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 1.20E-11
131 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Synechococcus sp. / 22 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 7.20E-12
132 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Synechococcus sp. / 22 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 4.80E-12
133 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Phaeocystis sp. / 15 / 14.2 / 86.2 / 1.82E-10
134 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Phaeocystis sp. / 15 / 14.2 / 86.2 / 4.42E-10
135 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Phaeocystis sp. / 15 / 14.2 / 86.2 / 9.05E-10
136 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Phaeocystis sp. / 15 / 14.2 / 86.2 / 5.50E-10
137 / Phytoplankton / Daneri et al. (1992) / Phaeocystis sp. / 15 / 14.2 / 86.2 / 1.02E-09
138 / Phytoplankton / Kusk (1981) / Phaeodactylum tricornutum / 15 / 10.1 / 80.0 / -3.78E-10