Marine coccolithophorids, Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica and Helladosphaera sp. were found to require selenium for their growth. The optimum concen trations were 1–10 nM for SeO2 and SeO32− and above 1 μM for SeO24− During the depletion of selenium algal growth was strongly suppressed accompanied with the decrease in net photosynthesis.
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