• Chemical Diversity as a Function of Temperature in Six Northern Diatom Species 

      Huseby, Siv; Degerlund, Maria; Eriksen, Gunilla Kristina; Ingebrigtsen, Richard Andre; Eilertsen, Hans Christian; Hansen, Espen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      In this study, we investigate how metabolic fingerprints are related to temperature. Six common northern temperate diatoms (Attheya longicornis, Chaetoceros socialis, Chaetoceros furcellatus, Porosira glacialis, Skeletonema marinoi, and Thalassiosira gravida) were cultivated at two different temperatures, 0.5 and 8.5 °C. To exclude metabolic variations due to differences in growth rates, the growth ...
    • The Effect of Freeze/Thaw Cycles on Reproducibility of Metabolic Profiling of Marine Microalgal Extracts Using Direct Infusion High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS) 

      Eilertsen, Hans Christian; Huseby, Siv; Degerlund, Maria; Eriksen, Gunilla Kristina; Ingebrigtsen, Richard Andre; Hansen, Espen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-13)
      During normal sample preparation, storage in freezers and subsequent freeze/thaw cycles are commonly introduced. The effect of freeze/thaw cycles on the metabolic profiling of microalgal extracts using HR-MS was investigated. Methanolic extracts of monocultures of Arctic marine diatoms were analyzed immediately after extraction, after seven days of storage at −78 °C (one freeze/thaw cycle), and after ...
    • Species concepts and functional aspects of cold-water diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) 

      Degerlund, Maria (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011-10-18)
      The choice of species concept when delineating phytoplankton species is decisive for our knowledge of species diversity and distribution, but will also affect our understanding of the functioning of marine ecosystems. This is particularly true for so-called cryptic species, which may show high degree of genetic and physiological heterogeneity although being morphologically similar. A precise species ...