不同光照条件下米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻生长的温度生态幅

米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻是我国东南沿海地区赤潮的主要优势种。为定量获取米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻生长的温度生态幅,根据3个光照水平(28.32,75.06,111.66μmol m~(-2)s~(-1))条件下4个温度水平(18,22,25,28℃)对米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻生长特性的室内培养实验结果,并结合Shelford耐受性定律建立了基于温度的米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻比生长率的耐受性模型,最后根据前期的研究成果分别获取了米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻生长的最适温度、适温范围及耐受温度范围。结果表明,无论是米氏凯伦藻还是东海原甲藻,在相同培养光照条件下,在设定的温度水平范围内,分别存在一个适宜米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻的最适生长温度T_(opt),且当T≤T_(opt)时,米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻细胞密度和比生长率随着温度的升高而显著增大;而当T≥T_(opt)时,米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻细胞密度和比生长率随着温度的升高而显著减小。随着培养光照强度的升高,米氏凯伦藻和东海原甲藻细胞密度和比生长率均呈现"先升后降"的变化趋势。建立的藻类生长温度耐受性模型与谢尔福德耐受定律较为吻合,定量获取米氏凯伦藻在3个光照水平(28.32,75.06,111.66μmol m~(-2)s~(-1))下的最适生长温度分别为22.48,22.37,22.33℃;适温范围分别为17.93—27.03,17.82—26.92,17.78—26.88℃;耐受温度范围分别为13.38—31.58,13.27—31.47,13.23—31.43℃;东海原甲藻在3个光照水平(28.32,75.06,111.66μmol m~(-2)s~(-1))下的最适生长温度分别为22.10,21.99,21.93℃;适温范围分别为17.59—26.61,17.48—26.5,17.42—26.44℃;耐受温度范围分别为13.08—31.12,12.97—31.01,12.91—30.95℃。     

东海原甲藻与中肋骨条藻的种间竞争特征

对东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻按照起始Chl-a比1∶5、1∶1和5∶1进行了f/2条件下的共培养实验,以探讨这两种藻的种间竞争特征。实验结果表明在共培养体系中,中肋骨条藻完全占优势,而东海原甲藻的生长受到明显的抑制。应用Lotka-Volterra种间竞争模型对共培养实验进行模拟的结果表明,东海原甲藻与中肋骨条藻的种间竞争结果与初始密度配比无关,中肋骨条藻总会竞争胜过东海原甲藻。为了探讨他感作用对东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻种间竞争的影响,采用了中肋骨条藻的无藻细胞滤液来进行培养实验。实验结果显示,中肋骨条藻滤液对东海原甲藻及其本身的生长均无明显影响,这表明他感作用并非中肋骨条藻获得优势的主要竞争方式。     

不同营养条件对东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻竞争参数的影响

以东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻为研究对象,采用室内单种培养和混合培养,设置不同的氮、磷营养条件,研究了不同营养条件对两种微藻的生长状况和种间竞争参数的影响.结果表明:随着氮、磷浓度的增加,两种藻的最大生物量均呈增加趋势,混合培养中两种微藻的比生长率低于单独培养.在混合培养中,生长前期中肋骨条藻是优势种,随着培养时间的延长,东海原甲藻成为优势种,且优势种发生变化的时间与营养条件有关.混合培养中,东海原甲藻拐点出现时间在0.5 ～4.9 d,中肋骨条藻为0～2.6d,东海原甲藻拐点出现时间晚于中肋骨条藻.在各营养条件下,东海原甲藻对中肋骨条藻的竞争抑制参数β均高于中肋骨条藻对东海原甲藻的竞争抑制参数α,当N为128μmol·L-1、P为32 μmol·L-1时,东海原甲藻的竞争能力是中肋骨条藻的3.8倍,两者差异最为明显.     

大型海藻龙须菜与东海原甲藻间的营养竞争

生物方法作为一种新兴的赤潮防治方法,因为其作用的专一性及较少的负效应,越来越受到人们的重视。研究了龙须菜(G racilaria lem aneif orm is)与东海原甲藻(P rorocentrum d ongha iense)之间营养盐NO3-、PO43-竞争的情况。结果显示,两者共培养时,龙须菜对营养盐的快速吸收利用,使得共培养体系中营养盐迅速降低,最终导致东海原甲藻消亡,而东海原甲藻对于龙须菜的生长不构成明显的影响。在营养盐充分的条件下,1g鲜重的龙须菜对NO3-的吸收能力相当于6.0×107个东海原甲藻细胞,对PO43-的吸收相当于2.4×107个东海原甲藻细胞。相对于东海原甲藻,龙须菜对营养盐的吸收利用更具有优势。龙须菜可作为有效吸收营养盐的大型海藻,用以降低近海水域富营养化程度及有害赤潮发生的几率。     

尿素对中肋骨条藻与米氏凯伦藻生长的影响

采用实验室一次性培养,研究了尿素对我国东海赤潮优势藻中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)和米氏凯伦藻(Karenia mikimotoi)生长的影响。结果表明,中肋骨条藻和米氏凯伦藻均能在不同比例尿素的条件下较好地生长。随着培养液中尿素比例的增大,中肋骨条藻细胞生长速率(0.91—0.82/d)逐渐减小,平台期最大生物量(2.0×10~5—1.2×10~5个/m L)也逐渐减小,而米氏凯伦藻细胞的生长速率(0.36—0.51/d)逐渐增大,最大生物量基本不变(约1.1×10~4个/m L)。在平台期中肋骨条藻培养液中氮盐浓度最低下降到2.5μmol/L左右维持不变,而米氏凯伦藻氮盐浓度最低下降到1.0μmol/L左右。在指数生长期,随着细胞的生长溶解有机氮(DON,Dissolved Organic Nitrogen)含量迅速增加,中肋骨条藻介质中DON的浓度达到最大值(5—6μmol/L),然后浓度基本不变。米氏凯伦藻介质中DON在指数生长阶段达到最大值(2—3μmol/L)后开始下降。中肋骨条藻单细胞颗粒氮的含量(约为10~(-6)μmol,平台期约为10~(-7)μmol)要远远小于米氏凯伦藻(指数期约为10~(-4)μmol,平台期约为10~(-6)μmol)。研究表明,两种藻对尿素的吸收利用存在明显差异,在较低的溶解无机氮和较高的溶解有机氮环境中,甲藻有更好的适应性,该研究对于解释我国长江口春季硅藻和甲藻赤潮的演替有借鉴的意义。     

米氏凯伦藻溶血毒素的溶血反应特征

探讨了温度、pH值、二价阳离子等对米氏凯伦藻(Karenia mikimotoi Hasen)溶血毒素溶血活性的影响,分析了米氏凯伦藻溶血毒素的溶血反应特征.结果表明,实验室培养米氏凯伦藻的溶血活性约为64.69±6.43 HU L-1,单个藻细胞的溶血活性为6.17±0.61×10-6 HU;在实验温度(0～37℃)下,溶血活性随温度的增加而增加;pH6.0时的溶血活性最高;Cu2+、Mg2+、Mn2+、Ca2+、Co2+、Zn2+和Hg2+等对米氏凯伦藻的溶血活性的影响不同.离子浓度为5 mmol/L时,Hg2+的抑制作用最强.高浓度Hg2+对红细胞的集合效应不但阻止了Hg2+进入血细胞诱导的溶血作用,而且阻止了毒素对细胞膜的破坏,但这种抑制作用可被EDTA消除.     

营养盐限制条件下塔玛亚历山大藻对东海原甲藻的化感作用研究

为明确塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamarense)对东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense)生长的化感作用,研究了在N、P限制及正常营养盐条件下(又称富营养)塔玛亚历山大藻无细胞滤液对东海原甲藻生长的影响,并探讨了3种不同营养盐条件下两种藻共培养时的生长状况。结果表明,半连续培养时,营养盐限制下,塔玛亚历山大藻无细胞滤液对东海原甲藻的生长均有一定影响。N限制下,5 d后东海原甲藻藻密度显著低于未加滤液的对照组,藻密度为1.02×107 cells L-1,对照组为1.7×107 cells L-1;P限制下,东海原甲藻藻密度与对照组差异不显著,5 d后藻密度为1.44×107 cells L-1;富营养条件下,东海原甲藻藻密度与对照组无明显区别。共培养时,塔玛亚历山大藻对东海原甲藻生长的抑制作用更为显著,N、P限制下,4 d后东海原甲藻全部死亡,且聚集成团形成沉淀;富营养条件下,仍有少量东海原甲藻存活(藻密度3.3×104 cells L-1)。这表明,塔玛亚历山大藻对东海原甲藻的生长有一定的化感作用。营养盐限制可促进塔玛亚历山大藻化感物质的合成和释放,化感作用是塔玛亚历山大藻抑制东海原甲藻生长的原因之一。     

铁限制条件下东海原甲藻分泌铁载体

在铁限制条件下,进行东海原甲藻分泌铁载体的动态研究。对藻类在富铁与缺铁条件下生长状况、生长过程中分泌铁载体的情况以及海藻接种量对铁载体分泌的影响进行了连续观测,结果表明:东海原甲藻在缺铁条件下生长状况远不如在富铁条件下;随着藻类的生长,分泌铁载体不断增多,达指数生长期时,其分泌量也达到了最大值,之后藻类的生长和铁载体分泌都呈现下降趋势;高接种量东海原甲藻能分泌较多的铁载体,并在较短时间到达峰值。     

东海原甲藻与中肋骨条藻的种间竞争数值模拟

研究探讨了两个零维箱式模型在东海典型赤潮藻东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻竞争与演替研究中的应用。模型在采用不同接种密度下的单种培养实验数据进行参数校正后,被用来模拟不同N/P条件下单种培养实验以及两藻种共培养竞争实验,并以实验数据对其结果进行了验证。模拟结果表明,在单种培养条件下,模型能够较好地重现两种藻在不同N/P环境中的生长及对营养盐的利用;共培养实验的模拟结果显示,在所有初始细胞密度比例条件下,中肋骨条藻的最终密度均会超过东海原甲藻,且PO4的消耗主要源于中肋骨条藻的利用,与实验结果一致,表明模型能够很好地体现两种藻的竞争结果及对营养盐的竞争关系;由于模型不足以模拟除营养盐竞争以外的藻间相互作用,模拟结果未体现东海原甲藻细胞数迅速衰减这一现象,有待进一步研究。     

蒽和UV—B辐射对米氏凯伦藻生长的影响

为研究多环芳烃蒽（anthracene）和UV—B辐射对米氏凯伦藻（Kreniamikimotoi Hansen）的单独效应和联合毒性效应,采用实验生态学的方法,以米氏凯伦藻为实验材料,蒽质量浓度设为0．00、6．25、11．50、20．00、35．00、62．50μg／L,UV—B辐射剂量设为0．00、0．375、1．125、2．25、3．75、6．00J／m^2。实验结果表明：对米氏凯伦藻的生长,多环芳烃蒽具有抑制效应,小剂量的UV-B具有刺激作用,随着剂量的增加表现出抑制作用,蒽与UV—B的联合则表现出更强的抑制作用,二者表现为协同作用。蒽和UV—B对米氏凯伦藻的96h—EC。分别为15．35μg／L和2．843J／m^2,而蒽在UV—B辐射条件下的96h-EC50为7．376μg／L。     

Detection of bloom-forming dinoflagellates Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum donghaiense using qPCR assays

Journal of Applied Phycology - The dinoflagellates Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum donghaiense are both important causative species of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the East China Sea. The...     

东海原甲藻修订及与相关原甲藻的分类学比较

分析了东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu)显微结构,并与具齿原甲藻(Prorocentrum dentatum Stein)模式种和Schiller的钝头原甲藻的描述等进行了比较,结果表明,它们之间的形态结构和个体大小具有很大的差别,这些差异远超出了同种个体因环境不同所造成的形态变化范围．从细胞形态及其表面结构可以判断,日本、韩国海区所记录并报道的“P．dentatum”与我国东海的东海原甲藻应属同一种．因此可以认为,我国东海赤潮高发区以及在韩国、日本海区的出现的高生物量(high biomass bloom—forming species)赤潮原甲藻不是Stein所发表的具齿原甲藻。而是东海原甲藻,并对其进行了进一步修订,其种名应为东海原甲藻Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu．     

Motility and autotoxicity in Karenia mikimotoi (Dinophyceae)

Karenia mikimotoi is one of the most common red-tide dinoflagellates proliferating in the eastern North Atlantic and around Japan. Kills of marine fauna are associated with its blooms. In mixed water columns it migrates vertically, while in stratified water columns, the population remains confined within pycnocline layers. Wind events, increasing mixing and agitation initiate declines in its populations. This paper is focused on the formulation of mortality rate relative to shear rate. Autotoxicity is demonstrated by the use of a synthetic toxin. Bioconvection observed in cultures allows the establishment of a trade-off between phototropism, which leads to the local accumulation of cells, and their autotoxicity, which would prevent cell concentration. The combination of these processes allows diffusion of the toxin into the underlying water, where it subsequently degrades. Confinement of the population in the pycnocline layer results also from another trade-off between growth conditions and shear-rate-modulated mortality. A simplified encounter kernel was introduced into the population dynamics equation to account for a mortality factor. Under realistic forcing conditions with a small number of parameters, this model reproduced the confinement of the population in the pycnocline layer, the proper timing and the duration of the recurrent K. mikimotoi bloom on the Ushant front (France).     

东海原甲藻对不同磷源的利用特征

采用单因子实验,以NaNO3作为唯一氮源,固定初始氮浓度为40μmol.L-1,设置六个初始磷浓度梯度:0.1μmol.L-1、0.5μmol.L-1、1.0μmol.L-1、2.0μmol.L-1、5.0μmol.L-1、10.0μmol.L-1,对比研究了东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense)对4种不同磷源的利用特征及其这4种不同磷源对东海原甲藻的营养价值。结果表明:东海原甲藻既可以直接吸收利用无机磷——磷酸二氢钠(NaH2PO4),又可以不同程度地利用3种小分子有机磷:三磷酸腺苷二钠盐(ATP)、D-葡萄糖-6-磷酸钠(G-6-P)和甘油磷酸钠(G-P);东海原甲藻在以NaH2PO4、G-6-P和ATP分别作为磷源时的最大比生长率(μmax)值相差不大,3种磷源对最大生物量的贡献也基本相近;但是以G-P作为磷源时则明显有最低的μmax值,其对最大生物量的贡献也最低。东海原甲藻对这4种磷源的利用特征说明:长江口自然海水中与三种小分子有机磷结构相似的溶解有机磷在一定程度上也可以为东海原甲藻赤潮的爆发和维持提供磷源。     

The interspecific competition between Humulus scandens and Alternanthera philoxeroides

Bioinvasion has become a serious environmental problem in the world in general and is considered the second biggest threat to biodiversity. Alternanthera philoxeroides is widely distributed and causes the most serious threat to biodiversity in China. The traditional physical or biological control methods are not effective in controlling the invasion and extension of A. philoxeroides. In the present paper, some physiological characteristics of Humulus scandens and A. philoxeroides were investigated in the field and laboratory. The results showed that H. scandens is more competitive than A. philoxeroides, the competitive rate (CR) of H. scandens against A. philoxeroides was 9.834. Additionally, the leaf, stem, and root biomass of A. philoxeroides decreased significantly when the two species co-occurred. Thus, the invasive abilities of these two invasive plants are different and H. scandens strongly inhibited the growth of A. philoxeroides. Moreover, as an annual herb, H. scandens can be easily eliminated by harvesting before its seeds mature. The result suggests that sowing seeds of H. scandens in the habitats invaded by A. philoxeroides could be an ideal biological control method.     

Pigment compositions and toxic effects of three harmful Karenia species,Karenia concordia,Karenia brevisulcata and Karenia mikimotoi (Gymnodiniales,Dinophyceae), on rotifers and brine shrimps

Karenia concordia, Karenia brevisulcata and Karenia mikimotoi are anomalously-pigmented gymnodinoids characterised by having fucoxanthin and two acyl-oxyfucoxanthin derivatives, instead of having peridinin as in the majority of photosynthetic dinoflagellates. HPLC pigment analyses of all three species, cultured in identical conditions, revealed two different patterns of pigmentation: (1) 19′-hexanoyl-oxyfucoxanthin-rich with very little fucoxanthin, as represented by K. concordia and K. brevisulcata, and (2) fucoxanthin-rich with much less acyl-oxyfucoxanthins, as represented by K. mikimotoi. Moreover, zeaxanthin was detected in both K. concordia and K. brevisulcata, but only trace amount in K. mikimotoi (generally not detected in this species). Both K. concordia and K. brevisulcata lacked carotene-β,ɛ and carotene-ɛ,ɛ. These differed from K. mikimotoi which generally produced all three carotenes (β,β; β,ɛ and ɛ,ɛ). At exponential growth phase, chlorophyll a content on a per cell basis of K. mikimotoi was more than double that of K. concordia and six times greater than that of K. brevisulcata. Toxicological tests conducted on rotifers elicited distinct responses – single-strength lipophilic cell extracts of both K. concordia and K. brevisulcata killed rotifers in tens of minutes (fast-acting), while that of double-strength K. mikimotoi, in tens of hours (slow-acting). Additionally, mature and nauplii forms of brine shrimps exposed to lipophilic cell extract of K. concordia appeared to be temporarily ‘anaesthetised’, but recovered in c. 45 min and 3 h respectively. No such ‘anaesthetic’ effect was observed on both forms of brine shrimps exposed to lipophilic extracts of either K. brevisulcata or K. mikimotoi. The former, however, killed both forms of brine shrimps in a matter of tens of hours, while those of the latter, did not cause any harm to either form tested.     

A large and prolonged bloom of Karenia mikimotoi in Scottish waters in 2006

A prolonged bloom of Karenia mikimotoi was observed during 2006 in Scottish waters. This bloom is thought to be unique in the region in terms of its large spatial extent. From its first detection in the west of the country, the bloom moved clockwise around the coast eventually reaching the east coast and the Shetland Isles to the north. The bloom resulted in extensive mortalities of benthic organisms including annelids and molluscs and some species of fish. Farmed fish mortalities were absent but gill damage was reported. The availability of satellite remote sensing, phytoplankton counts from multiple sites, meteorological data and some water chemistry, as well as information on the physical characteristics of the sampling sites, provided an extensive spatial and temporal data set. Analysis of remotely sensed chlorophyll-a data from Aqua-MODIS indicated that this parameter is a useful early warning indicator of K. mikimotoi in shelf waters off the Scottish west coast, and suggested that the bloom developed in this region prior to its advection to coastal waters. An earth observation (EO) based harmful bloom classifier for K. mikimotoi recognised areas of elevated K. mikimotoi cell density but generated false positives in areas of high reflectance. Data were also used to evaluate, in Scottish waters, various hypotheses that exist to explain the formation of K. mikimotoi blooms including phototaxis, nutrient availability, cell transport and elevated water temperature. Specifically, we sought to evaluate if routinely collected environmental data (water temperature, insolation, wind strength and direction, and sea-loch aspect) could be used as a predictor of bloom magnitude near aquaculture facility locations, which typically lie within fjordic sea lochs. Path analysis was used to derive intuitive models linking environmental drivers to bloom magnitude. Once the effects of latitude such as northward water cooling were taken into account, only rainfall was a significant predictor of bloom magnitude at the sampling sites. Therefore, while the offshore development and progression of a bloom may be predicted from satellite information, it is likely that local hydrodynamic influences are crucial in determining its magnitude at coastal aquaculture sites.     

Development of microsatellite markers in the marine phytoplankton Karenia mikimotoi (Dinophyceae)

The marine phytoplankton, Karenia mikimotoi, causes severe red tides which are associated with mass mortality of marine fish, and have expanded their distributions in the coastal waters of western Japan. To assess the dispersal mechanism, a population genetic study using highly polymorphic genetic markers is one of the crucial approaches. Here we developed 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers from K. mikimotoi. These loci provide a class of highly variable genetic markers, as the number of alleles ranged from 5 to 23, and the estimate of gene diversity was from 0.551 to 0.933 across the 12 microsatellites. We consider these loci potentially useful for detailing the genetic structure and gene flow among K. mikimotoi populations.     

Effects of Nutrient Limitation on Pigments in Thalassiosira weissflogii and Prorocentrum donghaiense

The response of Prorocentrum donghaiense and Thalassiosira weissfiogii pigments under nitrate （N） and phosphate （P） limitation were studied using HPLC and in vivo fluorescence protocols in batch cultures. For P. donghaiense, the pigment ratio was kept stable under different nutrient conditions from the results of HPLC. For T. weissflogii, there was a lower ratio of chlorophyllide to Chl a during the exponential phase, but the reverse during the stationary phase. Different members of the phytoplankton had different pigments response mechanisms under nutrient limitation. From the results of in vivo fluorescence, the ratio of peridinin to Chl a for P. donghaiense increased in nutrient-free culture, while it was kept stable for nutrient-limited cultures during the exponential phase. For T. weissflogii, the ratio of fucoxanthin to Chl a for each culture increased during the exponential phase, but the ratio under N limitation was apparently lower than that for P limitation during the stationary phase. The results indicate that both pigment ratios from HPLC and in vivo fluorescence of To weissflogii were changed greatly under different nutrient conditions, which suggests that both ratios could be used as indicators of algal physiological status in different nutrient conditions.