In situ photochemical activity of the phytobenthic communities in two Antarctic lakes

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1617-1627

  Kudoh, Sakae ^a,b   Tanabe, Yukiko ^b   Matsuzaki, Masahiro ^c   Imura, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diving observation; Ecophysiology; Photosynthesis; Phytobenthos

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MOSS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOBENTHOS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 70350596129     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0660-z     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Dana GL, Wharton RA, Dubayah R (1998) Solar radiation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In: Priscu JC (ed) Ecosystem dynamics in a polar desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 72. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, pp 39-64.
2. Ehling-Schulz M, Bilger W, Scherer AS (1997) UV-B-induced synthesis of photoprotective pigments and extracellular polysaccharides in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. J Bacteriol 179:940-945.
3. Goldman CR, Mason DT, Wood BJB (1963) Light injury and inhibition in Antarctic freshwater phytoplankton. Limnol Oceanogr 8:313-322.
4. Hodgson DA, Vyverman W, Verleyen E, Sabbe K, Leavitt PR, Taton A, Squier AH, Keely BJ (2004) Environmental factors influencing the pigment composition of in situ benthic microbial communities in east Antarctic lakes. Aquat Microb Ecol 37:247-263. doi:10.3354/ame037247.
5. Imura S, Bando T, Saito S, Seto K, Kanda H (1999) Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes. Polar Biol 22:137-140. doi:10.1007/s003000050401.
6. Imura S, Bando T, Seto K, Ohtani S, Kudoh S, Kanda H (2003) Distribution of aquatic mosses in Sôya Coast region, East Antarctica. Polar Biosci 16:1-10.
7. Kanda H, Iwatsuki Z (1989) Two aquatic mosses in the lakes near Syowa Stations, Continental Antarctica. Hikobia 10:293-297.
8. Kanda H, Ohtani S (1991) Morphology of the aquatic mosses collected in Lake Yukidori, Langhovde, Antarctica. Proc NIPR Symp Polar Biol 4:114-122.
9. Kudoh S, Tuchiya Y, Ayukawa E, Imura S, Kanda H (2003a) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes. 1: macro structure and carbon, nitrogen and chlorophyll a contents. Polar Biosci 16:11-22.
10. Kudoh S, Watanabe K, Imura S (2003b) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes. 2: temperature and light environment at the moss habitat. Polar Biosci 16:23-32.
11. Kudoh S, Kashino Y, Imura S (2003c) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes. 3: light response and chilling and heat sensitivity of photosynthesis. Polar Biosci 16:33-42.
12. Lizotte MP (2008) Phytoplankton and primary production. In: Vincent WF, Laybourn-Parry J (eds) Polar lakes and rivers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 157-178.
13. Matsumoto GI, Komori K, Enomoto A, Imura S, Takemura T, Ohyama Y, Kanda H (2006) Environmental changes in Syowa Station area of Antarctica during the last 2,300 years inferred from organic components in lake sediment cores. Polar Biosci 19:51-62.
14. McMinn A, Hegseth EN (2004) Quantum yield and photosynthetic parameters of marine microalgae from the southern Arctic ocean, Svalbard. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 84:865-871. doi:10.1017/S0025315404010112h.
15. Miura H, Maemoku H, Igarashi A, Moriwaki K (1998) Special map series of National Institute of Polar Research No. 6. National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 46 pp.
16. Miura H, Maemoku H, Yoshinaga S, Takeda M, Zwartz D (2002) Holocene event in coastal regions of Antarctica: upheaval of coastal topography and abandonment of penguin rookery. Gekkan Chikyu 24:23-30 in Japanese.
17. Montecino V, Pizarro G, Cabrera S, Contreras M (1991) Spatial and temporal photosynthetic compartment during summer in Antarctic Lake Kitiesh. Polar Biol 11:317-377. doi:10.1007/BF00239689.
18. Moran R, Porath D (1980) Chlorophyll determination in intact tissues using N,N-dimethylformamide. Plant Physiol 65:478-479.
19. Mueller DR, Vincent WF, Bonilla S, Laurion I (2005) Extremotrophs, extremophiles and broadband pigmentation strategies in a high arctic ice shelf ecosystem. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 53:73-87. doi:10.1016/j.femsec.2004.11.001.
20. Murayama H (1977) General characteristics of the Antarctic lakes near Syowa Station. Antarct Rec (Tokyo) 58:43-62 in Japanese with English abstract.
21. Neale PJ, Priscu JC (1995) The photosynthetic apparatus of phytoplankton from a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake: acclimation to an extreme shade environment. Plant Cell Physiol 36:253-263.
22. Ohtsuka T, Kudoh S, Imura S, Ohtani S (2006) Diatom composing benthic microbial mats in freshwater lakes of Skarvsnes ice-free area, East Antarctica. Polar Biosci 20:113-130.
23. Priddle J (1980) The production ecology of benthic plants in some Antarctic lakes. 1: in situ production studies. J Ecol 68:141-153. doi:10.2307/2259248.
24. Priddle J, Dartnall HJG (1978) Biology of an Antarctic aquatic moss community. Freshw Biol 8:469-480. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1978.tb01469.x.
25. Quesada A, Vincent WF (1997) Strategies of adaptation by Antarctic cyanobacteria to ultraviolet radiation. Eur J Phycol 32:335-342. doi:10.1017/S0967026297001431.
26. Quesada A, Vincent WF, Lean DRS (1999) Community and pigment structure of Arctic cyanobacterial assemblages: the occurrence and distribution of UV-absorbing compounds. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 28:315-323. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1999.tb00586.x.
27. Quesada A, Fernandez-Valiente E, Hawes I, Howard-Williams C (2008) Benthic primary production in polar lakes and rivers. In: Vincent WF, Laybourn-Parry J (eds) Polar lakes and rivers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 179-196.
28. Roos JC, Vincent WF (1998) Temperature dependence of UV radiation effects on Antarctic cyanobacteria. J Phycol 34:118-125. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340118.x.
29. Sabbe K, Hodgson DA, Verleyen E, Taton A, Wilmotte A, Vanhoutte K, Vyverman W (2004) Salinity, depth and the structure and composition of microbial mats in continental Antarctic lakes. Freshw Biol 49:296-319. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01186.x.
30. Schreiber U, Bilger W, Neubauer C (1994) Chlorophyll fluorescence as a nonintrusive indicator for rapid assessment of in vivo photosynthesis. In: Schulze E-D, Caldwell MM (eds) Ecophysiology of photosynthesis, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, pp 49-70.
31. Seto K, Imura S, Bando T, Kanda H (2002) Paleoenvironment of holocene recorded in Antarctic lakes. Gekkan Chikyu 24:31-36 in Japanese.
32. Tanabe Y, Kudoh S, Imura S, Fukuchi M (2008) Phytoplankton blooms under dim and cold conditions in freshwater lakes of East Antarctica. Polar Biol 31:199-208. doi:10.1007/s00300-007-0347-2.
33. Vincent WF (1988) Microbial ecosystems of Antarctica. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
34. Vincent WF (2000) Cyanobacterial dominance in the polar regions. In: Whitton BA, Potts M (eds) Ecology of the cyanobacteria: their diversity in space and time. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, pp 321-340.
35. Vincent WF, Downes MT, Castenholz RW, Howard-Williams C (1993) Community structure and pigment organization of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in Antarctica. Eur J Phycol 28:213-221. doi:10.1080/09670269300650321.
36. Vincent WF, Hobbie JE, Laybourn-Parry J (2008) Introduction to the limnology of high-latitude lake and river ecosystems. In: Vincent WF, Laybourn-Parry J (eds) Polar lakes and rivers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 1-24.