Dataset S1: Results of modeled spectral competition between Synechococcus type IV chromatic acclimaters (CA4) and blue and green light-harvesting specialists

This dataset is the output of a one-dimensional model that
simulated the time evolution of growth of Synechococcus phycoerythrin
pigment types, with low, high, and variable ratios of phycourobilin to
phycoerythrobilin (PUB:PEB; pigment types 3a, 3c and 3d,
respectively). The model used to generate the output was built on
existing published equations of competition for light color within an
ocean water column by Stomp and coworkers. Our version of the model was
coded in MATLAB, and the depth of the water column was
made variable. Additional absorption by chlorophyll and
coccolithophores were added as options to the standard absorption by
seawater. All growth and photosynthetic parameters for the
Synechococcus strains were kept constant except for their specific
absorption spectra, with the 3d chromatic acclimater having a variable
absorption spectrum. This ensured differences in growth were only
attributed to differences in light color absorption. The model
solution yielded the relative abundance of the three cyanobacteria pigment
types integrated across the one-dimensional layer, and results from all
simulations are contained within this dataset.