Chlorophyll concentration in marine microalgae biomass under the condition of light limitation (model)

Abstract

The paper presents a mathematical model of light-dependent chlorophyll concentration in the marine microalgae biomass. The model is based on the concept of biomass as the sum of reserve and structural macromolecular forms of organic cell matter. At the same time, chlorophyll refers to structural forms of biomass. Using such concepts, it is possible to apply known equations for light-dependent content of structural forms in biomass. The proposed equation describes well the experimental results obtained in a number of experiments with the chlorophyllostate culture Tetraselmis viridis.