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Table 1 Photosynthetic efficiency, specific growth rate, and doubling time of Dunaliella tertiolecta under different sodium bicarbonate concentrations during cultivation using rotating floating photobioreactor

From: An enclosed rotating floating photobioreactor (RFP) powered by flowing water for mass cultivation of photosynthetic microalgae

Day

TPARa (mol m−2 day−1)

APAREb (kJ m−2)

Photosynthetic efficiency (PE)

Specific growth rate (μ)

Doubling time (t d)

Controlc (%)

Treatment 1d (%)

Treatment 2e (%)

Control (h−1)

Treatment 1 (h−1)

Treatment 2 (h−1)

Control (h)

Treatment 1 (h)

Treatment 2 (h)

1

12.25

2659.24

0f

0

0

0

0

0

∞g

∞

∞

2

13.03

5485.94

0.82 ± 0.39

0.82 ± 0.71

0

0.0039 ± 0.0033A

0.0131 ± 0.0015B

0.0124 ± 0.0024B

177.69 ± 9.29X

53.28 ± 6.42Y

57.47 ± 12.30Y

3

11.96

8082.30

0.85 ± 0.73

2.01 ± 1.07

1.08 ± 0.03

0.0004 ± 0.0003A

0.0164 ± 0.0019B

0.0155 ± 0.0019B

1733.32 ± 4.35X

42.70 ± 5.10Y

45.32 ± 5.91Y

4

15.70

11,488.86

0.15 ± 0.08α

2.08 ± 0.05β

2.39 ± 0.03β

0.0005 ± 0.0004A

0.0168 ± 0.0010B

0.0156 ± 0.0014B

1386.78 ± 8.15X

41.39 ± 2.59Y

44.66 ± 4.27Y

5

9.34

13,516.02

0α

2.74 ± 0.10β

2.76 ± 0.13β

0A

0.0175 ± 0.0005B

0.0184 ± 0.0005B

∞X

39.73 ± 1.15Y

37.78 ± 1.03Y

6

8.83

15,431.23

0.20 ± 0.07α

3.09 ± 0.11β

3.50 ± 0.13γ

0.0006 ± 0.0005A

0.0157 ± 0.0006B

0.0169 ± 0.0007B

1155.24 ± 11.65X

44.11 ± 1.69Y

41.02 ± 1.74Y

7

15.24

18,739.35

0α

3.24 ± 0.09β

3.71 ± 0.09γ

0A

0.0142 ± 0.0006B

0.0153 ± 0.0005B

∞X

48.97 ± 2.07Y

45.38 ± 1.56Y

8

15.94

22,199.11

0.20 ± 0.13α

3.00 ± 0.07β

3.66 ± 0.07γ

0.0002 ± 0.0001A

0.0129 ± 0.0005B

0.0138 ± 0.0005B

3465.22 ± 6.45X

53.88 ± 2.13Y

50.40 ± 1.96Y

9

7.57

23,842.39

0.12 ± 0.09α

3.08 ± 0.06β

3.98 ± 0.06γ

0.0002 ± 0.0001A

0.0120 ± 0.0007B

0.0126 ± 0.0005B

3465.22 ± 6.45X

57.97 ± 3.30Y

55.26 ± 1.94Y

10

14.93

27,083.19

0.20 ± 0.06α

2.79 ± 0.04β

4.08 ± 0.04γ

0.0005 ± 0.0004A

0.0106 ± 0.0006B

0.0118 ± 0.0004B

1386.78 ± 8.15X

65.56 ± 3.53Y

58.75 ± 2.22Y

11

12.61

29,819.60

0α

2.58 ± 0.08β

4.27 ± 0.07γ

0A

0.0094 ± 0.0003B

0.0112 ± 0.0003C

∞X

73.44 ± 2.11Y

62.05 ± 1.93Z

12

11.27

32,265.64

0α

2.42 ± 0.01β

4.61 ± 0.07γ

0A

0.0085 ± 0.0003B

0.0107 ± 0.0003C

∞X

82.07 ± 2.55Y

64.77 ± 1.95Z

13

8.80

34,175.72

0α

2.31 ± 0.01β

4.51 ± 0.03γ

0A

0.0081 ± 0.0003B

0.0100 ± 0.0003C

∞X

86.13 ± 3.09Y

69.49 ± 2.33Z

14

9.25

36,183.65

0α

2.15 ± 0.05β

4.61 ± 0.04γ

0A

0.0076 ± 0.0004B

0.0095 ± 0.0003C

∞X

91.92 ± 4.59Y

73.22 ± 2.26Z

15

7.66

37,846.13

0α

2.07 ± 0.01β

4.46 ± 0.02γ

0A

0.0070 ± 0.0003B

0.0089 ± 0.0003C

∞X

98.88 ± 3.75Y

78.20 ± 2.41Z

16

13.43

40,760.84

0α

1.86 ± 0.04β

4.18 ± 0.05γ

0A

0.0062 ± 0.0002B

0.0083 ± 0.0002C

∞X

112.41 ± 3.88Y

83.21 ± 2.46Z

17

14.25

43,854.07

0α

1.76 ± 0.02β

4.48 ± 0.06γ

0A

0.0060 ± 0.0002B

0.0082 ± 0.0002C

∞X

116.65 ± 4.75Y

85.08 ± 2.37Z

18

6.99

45,371.90

0α

1.68 ± 0.01β

4.55 ± 0.05γ

0A

0.0057 ± 0.0003B

0.0078 ± 0.0002C

∞X

122.87 ± 6.44Y

88.88 ± 2.53Z

  1. Data were expressed as Mean ± SD (n = 3). αβγ, ABC and XYZ show significant differences among control and different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate treatments under the same cultivation day (one-way ANOVA; Tukey multiple comparison; p < 0.05)
  2. aTPAR, received total PAR mole per square meter per day
  3. bAPARE, accumulated total PAR energy per square meter with day
  4. cControl, culture without adding sodium bicarbonate (0.00 mol L−1)
  5. dTreatment 1, culture adding 0.02 mol L−1 sodium bicarbonate
  6. eTreatment 2, culture adding 0.10 mol L−1 sodium bicarbonate
  7. f0, indicating that no photosynthetic efficiency or specific growth rate was found under specific cultivation day
  8. g∞, indicating that doubling time tended to infinity under specific cultivation day