Effect of nutrients on culture dynamics of marine phytoplankton


Eker-Develi E., KIDEYŞ A. E., TUĞRUL S.

AQUATIC SCIENCES, cilt.68, sa.1, ss.28-39, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00027-005-0810-5
  • Dergi Adı: AQUATIC SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.28-39
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: phytoplankton cultures, chlorophyll a, carbon, biovolume, in vivo fluorescence, SKELETONEMA-COSTATUM BACILLARIOPHYCEAE, DUNALIELLA-TERTIOLECTA CHLOROPHYTA, EMILIANIA-HUXLEYI, OCEANIC PHYTOPLANKTON, CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION, CELL-VOLUME, N-P, CARBON, GROWTH, BLOOMS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The effects of nitrate, ammonium and phosphate on the abundance, chlorophyll a content (chl a), in vivo fluorescence, particulate organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and cell morphology of the diatom Skeletonema costatum, the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans and the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi were investigated in the laboratory. The carbon:chlorophyll a ratio (as weight), a parameter often used in productivity estimates, differed substantially among the three species as well as at different nutrient concentrations at the end of the exponential growth phase. The cell chl a content was higher in the earlier phases of growth in all three species in agreement with previous investigations. Average chl a content per cell during the experiments was higher in P. micans (8 pg) than in S. costatum (0.4 pg) and E. huxleyi (0.2 pg). However, chl a content per unit volume was higher in E. huxleyi (similar to 15 fg mu m(-3)) than in S. costatum (similar to 7 fg mu m(-3)) and P. micans (similar to 1 fg mu m(-3)). Prorocentrum micans cultures reached the highest total biovolume (74 mm(3) L(-1) and was 3 and 5 times higher than S. costatum and E. huxleyi cultures, respectively) under high nutrient concentrations. Nevertheless, total chl a concentration of S. costatum culture was almost twice higher (122 mu g L(-1)) than that of the other two species at the end of the exponential growth phase. Phosphate consumption by S. costatum occurred at higher rates compared to the other two species during the experimental period, probably showing that this nutrient was more favourable for this species. Our findings from these laboratory experiments emphasize that chl a values in the natural habitat may not accurately indicate actual phytoplankton biomass.