Interspecies competition for nutrients between Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu and Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve in mesocosm experiments

Three mesocosm experiments were conducted in the East China Sea during blooms of Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu in May of 1998, 2002 and 2003 to examine the role of nutrients in the formation of these harmful algae blooms (HABs). The results showed that there was interspecies competition between P. donghaiense and Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve. The cell number of P. donghaiense and S. costatum accounted for about 85% and 11% of the total cell number of phytoplankton respectively at the beginning of the experiment in May 1998. In May 2002, at the beginning of the experiment, the cell number of P. donghaiense accounted for 55%—66% of the total and S. costatum accounted for 32%—42%. The density of P. donghaiense and S. costatum was over 95% and 1%—5% respectively in May 2003. The results of these three mesocosm experiments showed that the dominant species in this specific community varied with different nutrient availability. Under lowphosphate conditions, the dominant species was P. donghaiense, while S. costatum became dominant in phosphatereplete cases. The average growth rate (1.08 d-1) of S. costatum in exponential growth phase was higher than that (0.39 d-1) of P. donghaiense. In the mesocosm, S. costatum predominated in the mesocosm by its rapid growth. When phosphorus was depleted, the cell number of S. costatum dropped rapidly, while P. donghaiense Lu decreased more slowly. The results from mesocosm experiment may explain why: (1) P. donghaiense bloom usually occurs in May, when phosphate concentration is low; (2) the bloom of S. costatum appears in early spring and summer time, when nutrients increase with increasing Changjiang River (Yangtze River) runoff; (3) the bloom of S. costatum is short and that of P. donghaiense Lu can last more than a month in the East China Sea.     

东海原甲藻线粒体细胞色素b(Cytb)基因的定量检测

建立了检测东海原甲藻线粒体细胞色素b(Cytb)基因mRNA含量的实时荧光定量PCR方法.以甲藻Cytb基因的简并引物扩增得到984 bp长的东海原甲藻Cytb基因片段,经克隆、测序,制备并纯化质粒.以光度法测定质粒浓度并作为标准品.对上述基因片段,利用PRIMER EXPRESS 3.0 设计引物,以梯度稀释的质粒标准品进行定量PCR反应,以SYBR Green I为荧光染料,制作标准曲线,得到基因拷贝数X与Ct值的关系为:Ct=-3.50 lg X+39.35(相关系数r为0.999).通过对不同生长时期的东海原甲藻样品的Cytb基因mRNA含量检测,发现该基因的表达量较稳定,平均值为(45.4±4.7)拷贝/细胞,受生长状态影响不大,可作为实时荧光定量PCR的内参基因.     

罗源湾口柱状沉积物中的甲藻孢囊

通过对福建罗源湾口海域KMZK5柱状沉积物中甲藻孢囊的分析,共鉴定出15属30种甲藻孢囊。对比发现这30种甲藻孢囊是该湾以前未被记录的种类。其中12种是附近海域也未曾发现的种类,6种为有毒种类:缘亚历山大藻、小型亚历山大藻、塔玛亚历山大藻、具刺膝沟藻、链状裸甲藻、锥状斯氏藻.同时对甲藻孢囊的主要属种和有毒种类的丰度、分布在垂直方向上的变化特征进行了初步研究.     

海洋原甲藻与三角褐指藻混合培养条件下的种群生长与氮磷营养盐变化

以三角褐指藻(Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohl)和海洋原甲藻(Prorocentrum mi-cans)为实验种研究了硅藻与甲藻在混合培养的环境中其各自的种群密度变化以及相应水体中氮磷营养盐变化。结果显示,在单独培养或与海洋原甲藻共同培养的条件下,三角褐指藻均表现出明显的营养盐吸收优势,种群生长迅速。相对而言,海洋原甲藻对营养盐的吸收速率明显较低,而且在与三角褐指藻共同培养的水体中一直处于竞争劣势;但有海洋原甲藻存在的水体中,三角褐指藻较单独培养时具有更高的生长速率和高的生物量,海洋原甲藻的存在可能促进三角褐指藻的生长。     

1998年春季珠江口海域大规模赤潮原因生物的形态分类和 …

对１９９８年４月１５日采集于广东珠江口万山群岛网箱养殖区的赤潮新鲜水样和福尔马林固定样品进行赤潮原因生物的形态分类和生物学特征的研究。结果发现,此次赤潮共有７种原因生物,全部属于裸甲藻类,其中最占优种三宅甲藻（Ｇｙｍｎｏｄｉｎｉｕｍ ｍｉｋｉｍｏｔｏｉ）和优势种斯氏多沟藻（Ｐｏｌｙｋｒｉｋｏｓ ｓｃｈｗａｒｔｚｉｉ）。螺旋螺沟藻（Ｇｙｒｏｄｉｎｉｕｍ ｓｐｉｒａｌｅ）的形态分类及生物学特征研究结果     

东海浮游甲藻类的分布

报道了东海(28°～32°N,127°E以西)浮游甲藻类122种,分隶于13科17属.其中高温高盐种占82.8%,广温广盐种占15.6%,低盐近岸种占1.6%.东海浮游甲藻细胞总量的季节分布,以夏初6月为最高峰,冬季1月为最低谷期,并对其生态特性以及与水文环境因素的关系进行了描述与讨论.     

紫外光对有毒甲藻塔玛亚历山大藻的生态学效应

对1991年分离自南海大鹏湾海域的塔玛亚历山大藻单克隆培养林在不同光照条件、辐射强度（9.5，5．9W／m2）（辐射剂量为：95，190，380,760,1520J/m2）和营养盐（N，P）浓度下，进行紫外辐射敏感性的研究。结果表明，紫外辐射可以导致细胞变形、增大和死亡。不论在什么条件下，低剂量的紫外辐射（95J／m2）就能使该藻的存活率和生长率大幅下降。此后，随着辐射剂量的增加，虽然存活率和生长率继续下降，但下降幅度渐缓。充足的营养盐和辐射处理后的连续光照对藻群的恢复有益，但在缺氮和缺磷条件下培养的藻群，可能由于生理活性减弱而导致对紫外辐射敏感性的迟钝。辐射强度对该藻的紫外辐射敏感性的影响十分显著，而且与辐射剂量具有明显的双重效应。     

福建省主要河口海湾沉积物中甲藻休眠孢囊分类学初步研究

通过对福建省厦门湾、闽江口海域、三沙湾三个主要河口海湾144个站位表层沉积物样品中甲藻休眠孢囊的系统分析,根据甲藻休眠孢囊的形状、外壁结构、颜色、表面修饰物等形态特征共鉴定出9属25种及不定种,并对各孢囊属种的特征进行了分类描述,其中有毒甲藻休眠孢囊2种,即Alexandrium minutun,A. tamarense, 有害种类4 种, 即Alexandrium affine,Lingulodiniumpolyedrum,Scrippsiella trochoide.通过对比表明Alexandrium affine,A. minutum,Diplopelta cf. parva,Polykrikos cf. schwartzii,Protoceratium reticulatum,Protoperidinium minutum,P.cf. minutum,P. cf. americanum以及Alexandrium sp.,Protoperidinium sp.1,P. sp.2等11种甲藻休眠孢囊为本次在福建省海域新发现的种,这些新发现的甲藻种类可能是近年来通过国际间往来的航运船只在我国沿岸海域排放压舱水或贝类引种带来的.     

南海中南部溶解态铝初探:促进甲藻生长?

2011年11月28日至2012年1月12日期间,通过对南海18°N至5°N海域25个站点78个溶解态铝样品的采集分析及所获得的浮游植物数据,首次研究报道了南海中南部海域溶解态铝的空间分布特征,探讨其与浮游植物群落结构之间的关系。结果表明,表层海水中溶解态铝平均含量138.3±39.1nmol·L-1,呈现陆架高、海盆和岛礁区低的水平分布特点;表层浮游植物共57属132种,分别属于硅藻门38属72种,甲藻门18属58种,蓝藻门1属2种,细胞总丰度在(0.75~21.09)×103cell·dm-3之间,表层溶解态铝的分布与甲藻总丰度(n=22,r=0.55,p0.01)具有显著的正相关性。就垂直分布而言,溶解态铝在0~100m水深内变化剧烈,在100~300m深度范围内,溶解态铝变化不明显,200m处稍有增加;溶解态铝的垂直分布与营养盐相关性不显著,与叶绿素a浓度(n=16,r=0.58,p0.05)、浮游植物总丰度(n=16,r=0.59,p0.05)和甲藻总丰度(n=15,r=0.69,p0.01)显著正相关,推测冬季溶解态铝对南海甲藻生长具有一定促进作用。     

Production of dimethylsulfide and acrylic acid from dimethylsulfoniopropionate during growth of three marine microalgae

We measured the concentrations of dimethylsulfide （DMS）, acrylic acid （AA）, and dimethylsulfoniopropionate （DMSP） during growth of three microalgae： Prorocentrum micans, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, and Platymonas subcordiformis. The DMSP, AA, and DMS concentrations in culture media varied significantly among algal growth stages, with the highest concentrations in the late stationary growth stage or the senescent stage. In the stationary growth stage, the average DMSP concentration per cell in P. micans （0.066 5 pmol/cell） was 1.3 times that in G. oceanica （0.049 5 pmol/ cell） and 20.2 times that in P. subcordiformis （0.003 29 pmol/cell）. The average concentrations of AA were 0.044 6, 0.026 9, and 0.003 05 pmol/cell in P. micans, G. oceanica, and P. subcordiformis, respectively, higher than the concentrations of DMS （0.272, 0.497, and 0.086 2 fmol/cell, respectively）. There were significant positive correlations between cell density and AA, DMSP, and DMS concentrations. The ratios of DMS/AA and AA/（DMSP＋AA） in the three algae differed significantly over the growth cycle. In all three microalgae, the DMS/AA ratios were less than 25% during the growth period, suggesting that the enzymatic cleavage pathway, which generates DMS, was not the main DMSP degradation pathway. The changes in the DMS/AA ratio indicated that there was a higher rate of enzymatic breakdown of DMSP in the early growth period and a lower rate during senescence. In all three microalgae, the AA/（DMSP＋AA） ratio （degradation ratio of DMSP） decreased during the exponential growth phase, and then increased. The variations in these ratios can approximately indicate the cleavage mechanism of DMSP at different stages of algal growth.