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Rhodotorula minuta cells, which have only traces of carotenoidswhen grown in the dark, started carotenoid production with theonset of illumination and the amount increased almost linearlyuntil 70 hr then remained constant thereafter when incubationwas continued under illumination, with the number of cells continuingto increase. The rate of carotenoid production [Vc (µgg1 hr1)] depended on the intensity of light [I(ergcm2 sec1)], with the relationship of Vc=0.74 logI1.46. The final carotenoid content [C(µg g1)]of cells incubated under continuous light was also controlledby the light intensity [I], with the relationship of C=52 logI81. Control of carotenoid production by light occursas a two-phase process consisting of a temperatureindependentphotochemical reaction and light-independent biochemical reactions. (Received September 12, 1981; Accepted February 20, 1982) 相似文献
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Biochemical Limitations to Carbon Assimilation in C3 Plants--A Retrospective Analysis of the A/Ci Curves from 109 Species 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Species-specific differences in the assimilation of atmosphericCO2 depends upon differences in the capacities for the biochemicalreactions that regulate the gas-exchange process. Quantifyingthese differences for more than a few species, however, hasproven difficult. Therefore, to understand better how speciesdiffer in their capacity for CO2 assimilation, a widely usedmodel, capable of partitioning limitations to the activity ofribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase, to the rateof ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate regeneration via electron transport,and to the rate of triose phosphate utilization was used toanalyse 164 previously published A/Ci, curves for 109 C3 plantspecies. Based on this analysis, the maximum rate of carboxylation,Vcmax, ranged from 6µmol m2 s1 for the coniferousspecies Picea abies to 194µmol m2 s1 forthe agricultural species Beta vulgaris, and averaged 64µmolm2 s1 across all species. The maximum rate ofelectron transport, Jmax, ranged from 17µmol m2s1 again for Picea abies to 372µmol m2 s1for the desert annual Malvastrum rotundifolium, and averaged134µmol m2 s1 across all species. A strongpositive correlation between Vcmax and Jmax indicated that theassimilation of CO2 was regulated in a co-ordinated manner bythese two component processes. Of the A/Ci curves analysed,23 showed either an insensitivity or reversed-sensitivity toincreasing CO2 concentration, indicating that CO2 assimilationwas limited by the utilization of triose phosphates. The rateof triose phosphate utilization ranged from 4·9 µmolm2 s1 for the tropical perennial Tabebuia roseato 20·1 µmol m2 s1 for the weedyannual Xanthium strumarium, and averaged 10·1 µmolm2 s1 across all species. Despite what at first glance would appear to be a wide rangeof estimates for the biochemical capacities that regulate CO2assimilation, separating these species-specific results intothose of broad plant categories revealed that Vcmax and Jmaxwere in general higher for herbaceous annuals than they werefor woody perennials. For annuals, Vcmax and Jmax averaged 75and 154 µmol m2 s1, while for perennialsthese same two parameters averaged only 44 and 97 µmolm2 s1, respectively. Although these differencesbetween groups may be coincidental, such an observation pointsto differences between annuals and perennials in either theavailability or allocation of resources to the gas-exchangeprocess. Key words: A/Ci curve, CO2 assimilation, internal CO2 partial pressure, photosynthesis 相似文献
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Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in three alkaline Rift Valley lakes of Kenya--Lakes Bogoria, Nakuru and Elmenteita 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Ballot Andreas; Krienitz Lothar; Kotut Kiplagat; Wiegand Claudia; Metcalf James S.; Codd Geoffrey A.; Pflugmacher Stephan 《Journal of plankton research》2004,26(8):925-935
For decades frequent mass mortalities of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaiasminor Geoffroy) have been observed at alkaline-saline KenyanRift Valley lakes. To estimate the potential influence of toxiccyanobacteria on these mass deaths, the phytoplankton communitieswere investigated in Lakes Bogoria, Nakuru and Elmenteita. Cyanobacterialtoxins were analyzed both in the phytoplankton from the threelakes and in isolated monocyanobacterial strains of Arthrospirafusiformis, Anabaenopsis abijatae, Spirulina subsalsa and Phormidiumterebriformis. Lake Bogoria was dominated by the cyanobacteriumA. fusiformis. In L. Nakuru and L. Elmenteita the phytoplanktonmainly consisted of A. fusiformis, A. abijatae and Anabaenopsisarnoldii, and in L. Nakuru an unknown Anabaena sp. was alsofound. Furthermore, this is the first time A. abijatae and theunknown Anabaena sp. have been found in Kenyan lakes. Phytoplanktonwet weight biomass was found to be high, reaching 777 mg L1in L. Bogoria, 104 mg L1 in L. Nakuru and 202 mg L1in L. Elmenteita. Using HPLC, the cyanobacterial hepatotoxinsmicrocystin-LR, -RR -YR, -LF and -LA and the neurotoxin anatoxin-awere detected in phytoplankton samples from L. Bogoria and L.Nakuru. Total microcystin concentrations amounted to 155 µgmicrocystin-LR equivalents g1 DW in L. Bogoria, and 4593µg microcystin-LR equivalents g1 DW in L. Nakuru,with anatoxin-a concentrations at 9 µg g1 DW inL. Bogoria and 223 µg g1 DW in L. Nakuru. In L.Elmenteita phytoplankton, no cyanobacterial toxins were found.A. fusiformis was identified as one source of the toxins. Theisolated strain of A. fusiformis from L. Bogoria was found toproduce both microcystin-YR (15.0 µg g1 DW) andanatoxin-a (10.4 µg g1 DW), whilst the A. fusiformisstrain from L. Nakuru was found to produce anatoxin-a (0.14µg g1 DW). Since A. fusiformis mass developmentsare characteristic of alkaline-saline lakes, health risks towildlife, especially the Arthrospira-consuming Lesser Flamingo,may be expected. 相似文献
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Stem from three- and four-week-old Soyabean [Glycine max (L.)Merr. cv. Tracy] plants reduced from 0.3 to 0.7 µmol nitratehl gl f. wt. Leaf activity was 4.77.6 µmolnitrate hl gl f. wt. Outer stem was two to fourtimes more active at reducing nitrate than was inner stem. Plantnitrate nutrition had a strong effect upon the ratio of activitypresent in stem and leaf. More nitrate increased the proportionpresent in leaves. Glycine max L., soyabean, nitrate assimilation, nitrogen metabolism, Rhizobium japonicum 相似文献
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Evidence for Essential Maintenance Respiration of Leaves of Xanthium Strumarium at High Temperature 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Mesophyll resistance to photosynthetic carboxylation (r'm) wasused as a criterion for leaf integrity. It was measured, at25 °C, in the light, before and after periods of high temperature(3 h at 38 °C) in the dark. During the high temperatureperiods, respiration (RD) of attached leaves of Xanthium strumariumwas suppressed from 27%-36% by either low [O2] (1.04% or 0.21%v.v.) or high [CO2] (840 µl 11) in the ambientair. Neither treatment affected rates of RD or photo-respirationduring the second period at 25 °C. There was no significant increase of r'm when RD was not suppressedduring the high temperature treatment. When RD was suppressedat high temperatures, r'm increased from about 3s cm1before, to about 26 s cm1 after the high temperaturetreatment. The increase depended upon the degree of suppression. It is concluded that increased RD at high temperature in Xanthiumleaves is partly the result of an increase of energy demandingmaintenance. The subsequent rate of carbon dioxide fixationis reduced when this increase of maintenance-induced respirationis inhibited. 相似文献
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The Carbon Economy of Rubus chamaemorus L. II. Respiration 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Respiratory activity and seasonal changes in carbohydrate contentof the storage organs of Rubus chamaemorus L. have been investigated.Leaf dark respiration rate increases in a non-linear mannerfrom 0·7 mg CO2 evolved dm2 h1 at 0 °Cto 4·6 rng CO2 evolved dm2 hh1 at 30 °C.Root and rhizome respiration rates increase from 1 µ1O2 uptake g1 fresh weight h1 at 0.7 ° C to10 µ10, uptake g1 f. wt h1 at 20 °C.Rhizome carbohydrate reserves decline from a September peakof 33 per cent alcohol insoluble d. wt to 16 per cent in May. The circumpolar distribution of R. chamaemorus is discussedin relation to the evidence presented here and in the precedingpaper of the series. 相似文献
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Untransformed and transformed root cultures of Swainsona galegifollawere established for swainsonine production. Transformed rootsgrew faster and produced higher swainsonine levels (62.3 µgg1 DW) than untransformed roots (23.6 ,µg g1DW) or roots of intact plants (8.7 µg g1 DW). Transformationof a number of plant genotypes using A. rhizogenes strain LBA9402 showed that plant genotype Influences swainsonine levelin transformed roots but that a wide range of swainsonine levelscan be induced by separate transformation events in the samegenotype. Enhancement of swainsonine production was attemptedby treatment with sugars and induction of polyploid roots. Key words: Agrobacterium rhizogenes, root cultures, Swainsona galegifolia, swainsonine 相似文献
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The relationships between photosynthesis and photosyntheticphoton flux densities (PPFD, P-l) were studied during a red-tideof Dinophysis norvegica (July-August 1990) in Bedford Basin.Dinophysis norvegica, together with other dinoflagellates suchas Gonyaulax digitate, Ceratium tripos, contributed {small tilde}50%of the phytoplankton biomass that attained a maximum of 16.7µg Chla 1 and 11.93 106 total cells I1.The atomic ratios of carbon to nitrogen for D.norvegica rangedfrom 8.7 to 10.0. The photosynthetic characteristics of fractionatedphytoplankton (>30 µm) dominated by D.norvegica weresimilar to natural bloom assemblages: o (the initial slope ofthe P-l curves) ranged between 0.013 and 0.047 µg C [µgChla]1 h1 [µmol m s1]1the maximum photosynthetic rate, pBm, between 0.66 and 1.85µg C [µghla]1 h1; lk (the photoadaptationindex) from 14 to 69 µ,mol m2 s1. Carbonuptake rates of the isolated cells of D.norvegica (at 780 µmolm2 s1) ranged from 16 to 25 pg C cell1h and were lower than those for C.tripos, G.digitaleand some other dinoflagellates. The variation in carbon uptakerates of isolated cells of D.norvegica corresponded with PBmof the red-tide phytoplankton assemblages in the P-l experiments.Our study showed that D.norvegica, a toxigenic dinoflagellate,was the main contributor to the primary production in the bloom. 相似文献
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Malinsky-Rushansky Nechama Z.; Berman T.; Dubinsky Z. 《Journal of plankton research》1997,19(8):979-993
Autotrophic picoplankton populations in Lake Kinneret are composedof picocyanobacteria and picoeukaryotes. Overall, the ratesof photosynthetic carbon fixed by autotrophic picoplankton duringthis study were low (0.011.5 mg Cm3 h1).The highest chlorophyll photosynthetic activity of the <3µm cell-size fraction was found in spring, when picoeukaryotespredominated and in addition small nanoplankton passed throughthe filters. The maximum cell-specific photosynthetic rate ofcarbon fixation by picocyanobacteria and picoeukaryotes was2.5 and 63 fg C cell1 h1, respectively. The highestspecific carbon fixation rate of autotrophic picoplankton was11 µg C µg1 Chl h1 The proportionalcontribution of autotrophic picoplankton to total photosynthesisusually increased with depth. Picocyanobacteria collected fromthe dark, anaerobic hypolimnion were viable and capable of activephotosynthesis when incubated at water depths within the euphoticzone. Maximum rates of photosynthesis (Pmax) for picocyanobacteriaranged from 5.4 to 31.4 fg C cell1 h1 with thehighest values in hypolimnetic samples exposed to irradiance.Photosynthetic efficiency ( 相似文献
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Three marine phytoplankton species (Skeletonema costatum, Olisthodiscusluteus andGonyaulax tamarensis) were grown in batch culturesat 15°C and a 14:10 L:D cycle at irradiance levels rangingfrom 5 to 450 µEinst m2 s1. At each irradiance,during exponential growth, concurrent measurements were madeof cell division, carbon-specific growth rate, photosyntheticperformance (both O2 and POC production), dark respiration,and cellular composition in terms of C, N and chlorophyll a.The results indicate that the three species were similar withrespect to chemical composition, C:N (atomic) = 6.9 ±0.4, photo-synthetic quotient, 1.43 ± 0.09, and photosyntheticefficiency, 2.3 ±0.1 x 103 µmol O2 (µgChl a)1 h1 (µEinst m2 s1)1.Differences in maximum growth rate varied as the 0.24power of cell carbon. Differences in growth efficiency, werebest explained by a power function of Chl a:C at µ = 0.Compensation intensities, ranged from 1.1 µEinst m2s1 for S. costatum to 35 forG. tamarensis and were foundto be a linear function of the maintenance respiration rate.The results indicate that interspecific differences in the µIrelationship can be adequately explained in terms of just threeparameters: cell carbon at maximum growth rate, the C:Chl aratio (at the limit as growth approaches zero) and the respirationrate at zero growth rate. A light-limited algal growth modelbased on these results gave an excellent fit to the experimentalµI curves and explained 97% of the observed interspecificvariability.
1Present address: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Columbiaof University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA 相似文献
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We report that growth of Dunaliella salina at either 13°C/150µmol m2s1 or 30°C/2,500 µmol m2s1 results in the accumulation of comparable levels ofcarotenoids and the zeaxanthin-binding protein, Cbr. We concludethat carotenoid and Cbr abundance in this green alga respondto changes in PSII excitation pressure ratherthan to high light per se. (Received September 19, 1996; Accepted November 20, 1996) 相似文献
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For Gyrodinium aureolum significant irradiance and daylengtheffects were found on the division rate and on the growth-relevantChla-normalized photosynthetic rate (gPB). Optimum conditionsof irradiance and daylength were found at 230 µmol m2s1 and 14 h for the division rate, and at >260 µmolm2 s1 and <6 h for gPB.gPB showed no photoinhibition,while the division rate decreased markedly at irradiances abovesaturation. This difference and the difference in optimum irradiancebetween the division rate and gPB are explained by a decreasein cellular Chla/carbon ratio with increasing irradiance. Thecellular content of carbon and nitrogen decreased significantlywith increasing irradiance. Total phosphorus was independentof irradiance and daylength. Below the saturation irradiancefor gPB the daily Chla-normalized carbon yield may be describedas an exponential function of the daily irradiance (irradiancex daylength). 相似文献
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Temperature dependences of chlorophyll fluorescence quenchingcoefficients were studied in the cultivated tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum) and three lines of the chilling-tolerant L.peruvianumfrom different altitudes, i.e. LA 1373 (20 m a.s.l.), LA 2157(1,650 m a.s.l.) and LA 385 (2,400 m a.s.l.). At actinic lightintensity near light saturation of photosynthesis (370 µEm2 s7minus;1), photochemical quenching (qP) increasedwith increasing temperature between 5 and 30°C. The temperature,at which qP reached the numerical value 0.5 [T (qP=0.5)] decreasedby 2.54.5°C after a chilling treatment of 14 daysat 10°C in L. peruvianum, indicating acclimation of thephotosynthetic dark reactions in this species. The final T (qP=0.5)attained after chilling could be arranged in the order L.esculentum>LA1373>LA 2157>LA 385. The fast relaxing non-photochemicalquenching (qN) component (qf, consisting mainly of energy-dependentquenching, qE) exhibited minima near the optimum temperaturefor photosynthesis. These minima shifted to lower temperaturesupon chilling in L. peruvianum. Photoinhibitory quenching (ql)was unaffected by chilling in the high altitude lines, but-increasedstrongly in LA 1373 and L. esculentum. Under low actinic light(40 µE m2 s1), temperature dependences ofqP and qN were nearly identical in L. esculentum and LA 385and revealed abrupt changes at approx. 8°C. It is concludedthat qP and ql, measured after defined chilling treatments,are valuable screening parameters for chilling tolerance inearly growth stages of Lycopersicon plants. (Received November 2, 1993; Accepted February 28, 1994) 相似文献
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Two-node explants from Sweet Orange cv. St Ives Valencia orangeshoots produced prolific callus and formed secondary abscissionzones within internodes when cultured in vitro with abscisicacid (ABA, 5 µM) or -naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA, 5 µM).Benzyladenine (BA, 1 µm) induced callus but had littleeffect on abscission. Secondary abscission zone formation wasassociated with ABA-induced and auxin-induced ethylene formation.Treatment of explants with inhibitors of ethylene synthesis[aminoethoxyvinyl glycine (AVG), Co2+, PO43] preventedformation of secondary abscission zones but had variable effectson callus formation. Newly made explants contained high concentrationsof endogenous ABA (up to 6000 ng g1 f.wt), as measuredby GC/MS/SIM. Long-term subculture of explants (two years) inmedia containing BA (1 µm) led to a reduction in endogenousABA level (40 ng g1 f. wt) and to loss of capacity toform extensive callus and secondary abscission zones. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck cv. St Ives Valencia, sweet orange, secondary abscission zones, in vitro, ethylene, endogenous ABA, endogenous IAA 相似文献
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The relationships between CO2 concentrating mechanisms, photosyntheticefficiency and inorganic carbon supply have been investigatedfor the aquatic macrophyte Littorella uniflora. Plants wereobtained from Esthwaite Water or a local reservoir, with thelatter plants transplanted into a range of sediment types toalter CO2 supply around the roots. Free CO2 in sediment-interstitial-waterranged from 101 mol m3 (Esthwaite), 0.79 mol m3(peat), 0.32 mol m3 (silt) and 017 mol m3(sand), with plants maintained under PAR of 40 µmol m2s1. A comparison of gross morphology of plants maintained underthese conditions showed that the peat-grown plants with highsediment CO2 had larger leaf fresh weight (069 g) andtotal surface area (223 cm2 g1 fr. wt. including lacunalsurface area) than the sand-grown plants (0.21 g and 196 cm2g1 fr. wt. respectively). Root fresh weights were similarfor all treatments. In contrast, leaf internal CO2 concentration[CO2], was highest in the sand-grown plants (269 molm3, corresponding to 6.5% CO2 in air) and lowest inthe Esthwaite plants (108 mol m3). Expressionof CAM in transplants was also greatest in the low CO2 regime,with H+ (measured as dawn-dusk titratable acidity) of 50µmolg fr. wt., similar to Esthwaite plants in natural sediment.Assuming typical CAM stoichiometry, decarboxylation of malatecould account largely for the measured [CO2]1 and would makea major contribution to daytime CO2 fixation in vivo. A range of leaf sections (02, 10, 50 and170 mm) was used to evaluate diffusion limitation andto select a suitable size for comparative studies of photosyntheticO2 evolution. The longer leaf sections (17.0 mm), which weresealed and included the leaf tip, were diffusion-limited witha linear response to incremental addition of CO2 and 10mol m3 exogenous CO2 was required to saturate photosynthesis.Shorter leaf sections were less diffusion-limited, with thegreatest photosynthetic capacity (36 µmol O2 g1 fr. wt. h1) obtainedfrom the 1.0 mm size and were not infiltrated by the incubatingmedium. Comparative studies with 1.0 mm sections from plants grown inthe different sediment types revealed that the photosyntheticcapacity of the sand-grown plants was greatest (45 µmolO2 g1 fr. wt. h1) with a K0.5 of 80 mmol m3.In terms of light response, saturation of photosynthesis intissue slices occurred at 8501000 µmol m2s1 although light compensation points (611 µmolm2s1) and chlorophyll a: b ratios (1.3) were low.While CO2 and PAR responses were obtained using varying numbersof sections with a constant fresh weight, the relationshipsbetween photosynthetic capacity and CO2 supply or PAR were maintainedwhen the data were expressed on a chlorophyll basis. It is concludedthat under low PAR, CO2 concentrating mechanisms interact inintact plants to maintain saturating CO2 levels within leaflacunae, although the responses of the various components ofCO2 supply to PAR require further investigation. Key words: Key words-Uttorella uniflora, internal CO2 concentration, crassulacean acid metabolism, root inorganic carbon supply, CO2 concentrating mechanism 相似文献
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Post-embryonic durations of Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer)and Metadiaptomus colonialis(van Douwe) were determined at 20°Cin laboratory factorial experiments involving four algal foodenrichment levels (0, 100, 500 and 2500 µg l1 Cof Selenastrum added to 20 µm filtered water from respectivesource-lakes) and three suspended sediment levels (filtered,natural, and 2- to 3-fold sediment-enriched lake water). Foodeffects (30, 75, 225 and 600 (µg 1 C of Scenedesmus)were tested alone at 20°C for Metadiaptomus meridianus (vanDouwe). Total naupliar (Dn) and total copepodid (Dc) developmenttimes [summed to give total post-embryonic duration (Dt)] andmetasome lengths at maturity were measured In all taxa, foodsupply maximally affected Dc values 2- to 3-fold, whereas itsmaximal influence on Dn values was relatively slight (generally25%). The measured effect of food supply on Dt, was as strongas the predicted influence of temperature over an appropriateannual range. Food supply influenced size at maturity, and probablythereby fecundity, thus exerting additional demographic influences.Sediment effects were inconsistent, and quantitatively weakerthan food effects Total development of T.spectabilis was 20%raster, and that of M.colonialis 15% slower in sediment-enrichedthan in natural sediment level treatments; contrasting baselinesediment levels (23 times higher for the latter species)and different enrichment procedures confound interpretation.Unexpectedly, and inexplicably, development almost invariablyfailed in sediment-free water, implying an apparent dependencyon inorganic particles in these taxa This contrasts with thegenerally adverse influences of high sediment concentrationsupon zooplankton. Minimal male and female Dt values at 20°Cwere comparable and significantly longer in M.colonialis (15.5and 17 7 days) and M meridianus (16.5 and 21.5 days) than inT.spectabilis (11.7 and 12 2 days). These differences in durationare ecologically incongruous in relation to expected r K life history strategies of genera characteristic of temporaryor semipermanent waters and permanent waters respectively. 相似文献
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The CO2 compensation point at 25 °C and 250 µEinsteinsm2 s1 wasmeasured for 27 bryo-phyte species, andwas found to be in the range of 45160 µl CO2 I1air. Under the same conditions Zea mays gave a value of 11 µlI1 and Horde um vulgare 76 µI1. The rate of loss of photosyntheticallyfixed 14CO2 in the light and dark in six bryophytes (three mosses,two leafy liverworts, one thalloid liverwort) was determinedin CO2-free air and 100% O2. The rate of 14CO2 evolution inthe light was less than that in the dark in CL2-free air, butin 100% O2 the rate in the light increased, so that in all butthe leafy liverworts it was greater than that in the dark. Raisingthe temperature tended to increase the rate of 14CO2 evolutioninto CO2-free air both in the light and dark, so that the light/dark(L/D) ratio did not greatly vary. The lower rate of loss of14CO2 in the light compared tothe dark could be due to partialinhibition of dark respiration reactions in thelight, a low rate of glycolate synthesis and oxidation, or partialreassimilation of the 14CO2 produced, or a combination of someor all of these factors. 相似文献
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Acclimation of single plants of Lolium temulentum to changing[CO2] was studied on plants grown in controlled environmentsat 20°C with an 8 h photoperiod. In the first experimentplants were grown at 135 µ;mol m2 s1 photosyntheticphoton flux density (PPFD) at 415µl l1 or 550µll1 [CO2] with some plants transferred from the lowerto the higher [CO2] at emergence of leaf 4. In the second experimentplants were grown at 135 and 500 µmol m2 s1PPFD at 345 and 575 µl l1 [CO2]. High [CO2] during growth had little effect on stomatal density,total soluble proteins, chlorophyll a content, amount of Rubiscoor cytochrome f. However, increasing [CO2] during measurementincreased photosynthetic rates, particularly in high light.Plants grown in the higher [CO2] had greater leaf extension,leaf and plant growth rates in low but not in high light. Theresults are discussed in relation to the limitation of growthby sink capacity and the modifications in the plant which allowthe storage of extra assimilates at high [CO2]. Key words: Lolium, carbon dioxide, photosynthesis, growth, stomatal density 相似文献
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Photoadaptation in Antarctic phytopfankton: variations in growth rate, chemical composition and P versus I curves 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The response of phytoplankton to variations in the light regimewas studied during the VULCAN and ACDA cruises in the Antarctic.Unenriched batch cultures of 1219 days' duration reachedchl concentrations of 1050 µg1 and exhibitedexponential growth rates, with the maximal rate being 0.41 doubl,day1. Ice edge algae exhibited maximum growth rates atphoton flux densities (PFD) of 30100 µE m2S1and the growth rate was reduced by about 30% at 5001000µE m2S1 The chl/C ratio ranged between 0.004and 0.018, with the lowest ratios at PFDs above 500 µEm2S1 chl/C ratios were also below maximum at PFDsbelow 4050 µE m2S1 The C:N:P ratioswere close to the Redfield ratios; the Si/C ratio averaged 0.16(atoms), and the ATP/C ratio averaged from 0.0024 to 0.0050in different culture senes. When thawed after having been frozenfor 10 days, shade-adapted cultures were in a much better conditionthan sun-adapted ones. P versus I data showed that the maximumassimilation number varied from 0.75 to 4.4 µg C (µgchl)1h1. It varied inversely with the chl/C ratio;therefore the maximum carbon turnover rate varied little betweensamples (0.024/0.035 h1). Low biomass communities exhibitedrelatively high values for (the initial slope of P versus Icurves), low values for 1sat (160330 µE m2S1),and they were susceptible to photoinhibition. In contrast, communitiesdominated by Odontella weissflogii exhibited low values for, a high value for Isat (560 µE m2S1 andthey tolerated high PFDs. The photo-adaptational status of thephytoplankton in natural water samples is discussed relativeto the profile of water column stability and mixing processes. 相似文献
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Dark uptake of inorganic 14C by offshore plankton was measuredat two depths at 36 stations in the Atlantic Ocean from 52°Sto 26°N, mainly along 30°W. The samples were incubatedfor 2 h with and without inhibition of biological activity withHgCl2. In addition, six time course experiments were performed.The mean dark uptake rate varied from 0.68 to 4.82 (µmolC m3 h1 over the transect and showed a significantpositive relationship with chlorophyll a. The dark uptake wasusually >5% of the maximum photosynthetic capacity (Pm),and higher values relative to Pm were associated with low valuesof Pm and not with high absolute dark values. A linear relationshipbetween dark uptake and Pm was found with a background value(y-axis intercept) of 0.51 (µmol C m3 h1and a slope of 0.77% of Pm. A major fraction of the dark signal,6680% of the total signal, persisted in bottles treatedwith HgCl2, indicating that most of the dark signal was independentof biological activity. Time course experiments showed a lineardark uptake with time for the first hours, whereafter the uptakeceased. At stations with low concentrations of inorganic nitrogen[>1 (µmol (NH4++NO3)], a second stage was observedafter 38 h, probably due to an increase in bacterialactivity. The results suggest three mechanisms for the darkvalue in short-term incubations in oligotrophic waters. A backgroundvalue independent of biomass and incubation time which was thedominant part of the dark signal in samples with very low phytoplanktonbiomass (>0.3 p-g Chi a 1"). Another important part was residualsof 14C associated with plankton, probably adsorbed to compoundsinside the cells. This fraction was dominant in short-term incubationsat chlorophyll concentrations >0.3 p.g Chi a H. Active uptakeby living cells (total minus HgCl2 uptake) wasonly a minor part of the dark signal in short-term incubations,but dominated at longer incubation time (>39 h), probablydriven by an increase in bacterial activity. A significant enhancementof the non-photosynthetic uptake of 14C was observed in light,probably associated with a carbon-concentrating mechanism inphytoplankton or light stimulation of ß-carboxylationactivity. The results strongly suggest that dark values shouldbe subtracted from the light uptake. This correction is particularlyimportant when photosynthetic rates are low, e.g. at low lightor in short-term incubations where a time-zero background becomesa significant part of the total uptake in light.
Present address: National Environmental Research Institute,Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, Frederiksborgvej399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark 相似文献