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Effects of saxitoxin- and non-saxitoxin-producing strains of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii on the fitness of temperate and tropical cladocerans
Affiliation:1. Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract:Life-table experiments were performed with two strains of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, a saxitoxin-producing strain (T3) and a non-saxitoxin-producing strain (NPLP-1) combined with the green algae Ankistrodesmus falcatus, aiming to detect effects on the reproduction of three cladocerans species: Daphnia pulex, Daphnia gessneri and Moina micrura. Survivorship, age at first reproduction, clutch size and population growth rate during 12–15 days were recorded. Cladocerans showed different susceptibility to saxitoxin-producing strain (T3), with D. pulex and M. micrura being negatively affected, followed by and D. gessneri, which did not show any decrease in fitness and performed even better than the controls with this strain. A reverse response was found in experiments with the non-saxitoxin-producing strain (NPLP-1): while D. pulex and M. micrura had an increase, D. gessneri showed a significant decrease in fitness, suggesting that this strain may produce some bioactive compound. The contrasting responses of the cladoceran species to saxitoxins and non-saxitoxin-producing strains of C. raciborskii suggest that the presence of this cyanobacterium may be a selective factor in determining the composition of zooplankton communities.
Keywords:Cladocerans  Cyanobacteria  Saxitoxins  Toxicity bioassays  Zooplankton
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