Toxic and harmful algae in the coastal waters of Russia

Toxic algal species of marine and brackish-water plankton, as well as nontoxic microalgae, which are capable of initiating harmful blooms, cause a detriment to human health (seafood poisoning) and often lead to a total crisis of coastal water ecosystems. The Russian coastal waters are inhabited by dozens of toxic and bloom-causing algal species, their toxins are accumulated in the tissues of edible mollusks, and there have been incidents of human poisonings and marine fauna mortality due to these blooms. An analysis of the current situation concerning the problem of toxic algae and harmful blooms of nontoxic species in the seas of Russia provides evidence that it is necessary to create a system of compulsory governmental monitoring of the exploited marine areas to serve as the basis of ecological safety control in the exploitation of the biological resources of the Russian Federation, as well to introduce compulsory sanitary control of diarrheic, paralytic, and amnesic phycotoxins. The compiled summary of algal toxic and potentially toxic species met in the European and Far Eastern seas of Russia is given with notes on their toxicity type and its manifestations.     

谷氨酸铜和表面活性剂协同灭除亚历山大藻的研究

对一种新的赤潮杀灭剂谷氨酸铜及促进剂阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(HDT-MAB)进行了初步研究.比较了硫酸铜及谷氨酸铜对亚历山大藻的去除效果;结果表明,谷氨酸铜对亚历山大藻的灭杀效率优于硫酸铜,谷氨酸铜可明显抑制亚历山大藻细胞的生长,但抑制作用并不随谷氨酸铜浓度加大而增强,HDTAMB可明显促进谷氨酸铜对亚历山大藻的去除,且促进作用基本随着HDTMAB浓度的提高而增强.对谷氨酸铜和HDTMAB杀灭赤潮的机制进行了初步探讨;研究发现,谷氨酸铜可促使藻细胞MDA含量升高,并使巯基含量下降,且在谷氨酸铜和HDT-MAB复合作用下,膜脂过氧化水平大大高于单纯谷氨酸铜作用下的水平,细胞中巯基含量显著降低,细胞膜透性增大,这表明谷氨酸铜和HDTMAB杀灭赤潮的机制是使藻细胞膜受到损伤,进而抑制藻细胞生长.     

条斑紫菜栽培过程中有害藻类的分离与鉴定

针对条斑紫菜栽培过程中出现的有害藻类问题,进行了叶状体和丝状体有害藻类分离与鉴定等相关研究。通过形态学分析和分子生物学鉴定,发现叶状体中的杂藻主要有大型绿藻(浒苔、曲浒苔)、大型红藻(红毛菜)以及微型绿藻和硅藻,丝状体中的杂藻主要为褐藻、微型绿藻和硅藻。针对部分微型杂藻进行了抑制剂处理实验,结果表明低浓度的抗生素可以有效抑制部分硅藻和绿藻的生长,二氧化锗对硅藻生长具有显著的抑制效果。研究结果为系统、全面认识条斑紫菜栽培过程中的有害藻类提供了科学依据。     

Effects of irradiance on pigment signatures of harmful algae during growth process

Three harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, Phaeocystis globosa, Thalassiosira rotula, and Proro-centrum donghaiense were isolated from the coast of China and cultured in batches at three light intensities (40, 70 and 150 μmol photons·m^-2·s^-1). The variation patterns of cell numbers and growth rates with light intensity during growth process were different among species. In P. globosa and T. rotula, maximum growth rates were found at 150 μmol photons·m^-2·s^-1 and ranged from 0.60 divisions per day in T. rotula, to 1.17 divisions per day in P. globosa. The highest growth rate of P. donghaiense, however, was found at 70 μmol photons·m^-2·s^-1 (0.36 divisions per day). In general, all the three HAB species showed adaptation to increasing light intensity by decreas-ing cellular concentrations of chlorophyll a (Chl a), but the variation patterns during the growth process were species-specific. The cellular concentrations of Chl a in P. donghaiense and T. rotula increased gradually with incubation time, but the opposite trend was found in P. globosa. Most of the pigment ratios and pigment indices of these three species were nearly constant during the growth process and showed small changes at different light intensities illustrating the applicability of chemotaxonomy during the initial and developing stages of HAB events, which is very important to study the ecological issues related to HAB species. Ratios of photoprotective carotenoids, such as diadinoxanthin, diatoxanthin and β,β-carotene to total chlorophylls a (Tchl a) showed the trend of increasing with the increase of light intensity during growth process. The species-specific and pigment-specific variations in pigment ratios/indices at different light intensities during growth pro-cess probably reflected the differences in the pigment composition as well as the adaption capabilities of different species to the changes of physical conditions.     

混合培养条件下几种赤潮藻对无机磷源的竞争生长研究

采用批次培养方式,研究混合培养的几种赤潮藻东海原甲藻(PrDrocentrum donghaiense)与中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)及东海原甲藻与链状亚历山大藻(Alexandrium catenella)对溶解无机磷源的竞争生长响应.结果表明,在富磷及贫磷的培养条件下,中肋骨条藻的比生长率远超过东海原甲藻,而成为培养体系中的绝对优势种.在东海原甲藻与链状亚历山大藻的混合培养体系中,原甲藻大量死亡,可能存在亚历山大藻对原甲藻的他感作用.培养体系中,碱性磷酸酶活性随藻类磷胁迫而显著升高,可能在后期种群利用代谢有机磷源时发挥重要作用,且在不同培养体系中表现出酶活性大小及状态的差异性,该结果可能影响浮游植物对有机磷源的利用效率.     

Laboratory simulation of dissolved oxygen reduction and ammonia nitrogen generation in the decay stage of harmful algae bloom

To evaluate how the decay of bloom-forming algae affect the coastal dissolved oxygen, a laboratory simulation was conducted in terms of three typical harmful al...     

2005年春初浙江近海的低温特征及其对大规模东海原甲藻赤潮发生的影响

在长江口附近和浙江近海海域,近些年来每年春季几乎都发生大规模的东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense)赤潮,时间通常是在4月底或5月初,但2005年却一直到5月底才发生。本文根据近几年在浙江近海进行的多个春季航次的调查资料和有关站位的气象资料,分析了该海区2005年春初的温度特征及其对大规模东海原甲藻赤潮发生的影响,阐明了2005年春季大规模东海原甲藻赤潮迟发的主要物理环境原因。结果表明,2005年3月浙江近海水温比多年同期平均值偏低,且这种情况在近岸区更为明显;与2004年同期相比,2005年春初(4月初)浙江近海水温偏低,2005年和2004年的这种水温差异在近岸和中上层的低盐水里最为明显,而在远岸和下层的高盐水水温差异则相对要小;近岸低盐水最低温度2005年比2004年低约2.6℃;2005年1—3月浙江近海特殊的气象条件(10 a中最低的气温和强劲的偏北大风)和2004/2005年冬季较弱的台湾暖流是形成4月初浙江近海低温特征的主要原因;2004年冬季和2005年春初浙江近水温偏低很可能是2005年春季东海大规模原甲藻赤潮迟发的主要原因。     

有毒赤潮藻及其毒素的危害与检测

海洋中可引发赤潮的藻类约有300种,其中有毒赤潮藻为80种左右。现已知道的赤潮藻主要毒素有麻痹性贝毒、腹泻性贝毒、记忆缺失性贝毒、神经性贝毒、西加鱼度和溶血性毒素,前5种毒素的结构已经基本得到证实。有毒赤潮藻的毒素可以在海洋生物体内积累,人类误食含有藻毒素的食品时可能中毒,严重者还可能死亡。海洋有毒赤潮藻及其毒素的检测已经成为当今全球赤潮研究和监测的重要内容之一,可以通过形态学分类方法、分子生物学技术(遗传探针)和免疫学检测技术对有毒赤潮藻进行检测;可以通过生物学、物理化学检测方法和神经受体结合、免疫学检测技术对赤潮藻毒素进行检测。     

The simultaneous immunological detection of four stress-70 protein isoforms in Mytilus edulis

Organisms exposed to adverse environmental conditions exhibit a stress-70 protein response which is highly conserved from bacteria to man. Immunological analysis of the stress-70 response in mussels is of interest for its potential use in marine biomonitoring. We have analysed the gill tissues of Mytilus edulis individuals for changes in stress-70 complement after exposure to 48 h of temperature stress. Using a commercially available monoclonal antibody raised against human hsp70 and epitope mapped to a conserved ATP binding region, the authors were able to detect by western analysis constitutively-expressed 72kDa and 78kDa isoforms in control animals acclimated at normal temperatures. After 48 h of heat stress, induction of a 70kDa protein was clearly seen along with an increase in the level of the 72kDa protein. Western analysis using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis indicated that the antibody recognised four stress-70 isoforms (70, 72, 72 and 78kDa). This simultaneous detection of four members of the stress-70 family will permit studies on the differential regulation of each of the four members of the multigene family in response to a variety of environmental Stressors.