Phylogenetic analyses of Cladophora vagabunda (L.) C. Hoek (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from Brazil based on SSU rDNA sequences

The complete SSU rDNA was sequenced for 10 individuals of Cladophora vagabunda collected along the coast of Brazil. For C. rupestris (L.) Kütz. a partial SSU rDNA sequence (1634 bp) was obtained. Phylogenetic trees indicate that Cladophora is paraphyletic, but the section Glomeratae sensu lato including C. vagabunda from Brazil, Japan and France, C. albida (Nees) Kütz., C. sericea (Hudson) Kütz., and C. glomerata (L.) Kütz. is monophyletic. Within this group C. vagabunda is paraphyletic. The sequence identity for the SSU rDNA varied from 98.9% to 100% for the Brazilian C. vagabunda, and from 98.3% to 99.7% comparing the Brazilian individuals to the ones from France and Japan. Sequence identity of the Brazilian C. vagabunda to C. albida and C. sericea vary from 98.0% to 98.6%. The SSU rDNA phylogeny support partially the morphological characteristics presented by Brazilian populations of C. vagabunda. On the other hand, C. rupestris from Brazil does not group with C. rupestris from France, both sequences presenting only 96.9% of identity. The inclusion of sequences of individuals from Brazil reinforces the need of taxonomical revision for the genus Cladophora and for the complex C. vagabunda.

Phylogenetic analyses of Cladophora vagabunda (L.) C. Hoek (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from Brazil based on SSU rDNA sequences

The complete SSU rDNA was sequenced for 10 individuals of Cladophora vagabunda collected along the coast of Brazil. For C. rupestris (L.) Kütz. a partial SSU rDNA sequence (1634 bp) was obtained. Phylogenetic trees indicate that Cladophora is paraphyletic, but the section Glomeratae sensu lato including C. vagabunda from Brazil, Japan and France, C. albida (Nees) Kütz., C. sericea (Hudson) Kütz., and C. glomerata (L.) Kütz. is monophyletic. Within this group C. vagabunda is paraphyletic. The sequence identity for the SSU rDNA varied from 98.9% to 100% for the Brazilian C. vagabunda, and from 98.3% to 99.7% comparing the Brazilian individuals to the ones from France and Japan. Sequence identity of the Brazilian C. vagabunda to C. albida and C. sericea vary from 98.0% to 98.6%. The SSU rDNA phylogeny support partially the morphological characteristics presented by Brazilian populations of C. vagabunda. On the other hand, C. rupestris from Brazil does not group with C. rupestris from France, both sequences presenting only 96.9% of identity. The inclusion of sequences of individuals from Brazil reinforces the need of taxonomical revision for the genus Cladophora and for the complex C. vagabunda.

Reproductive biology of Faidherbia albida (Del.) A. Chev.

Abstract

Photoacclimation in a tropical population of Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kützing 1843 (Chlorophyta) from southeastern Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Cladophora, mass transport, and the nearshore phosphorus shunt

Excessive Cladophora growth in the Great Lakes has led to beach fouling and the temporary closure of nuclear power plants and has been associated with avian botulism and the persistence of human pathogens. As the growth-limiting nutrient for Cladophora, phosphorus is the appropriate target for management efforts. Dreissenids (zebra and quagga mussels) have the ability to capture particulate phase phosphorus (otherwise unavailable to Cladophora) and release it in a soluble, available form. The significance of this potential nutrient source is, in part, influenced by the interplay between phosphorus flux from the mussel bed and turbulent mixing in establishing the phosphorus levels to which Cladophora is exposed. It is hypothesized that under quiescent conditions phosphorus will accumulate near the sediment-water interface, setting up vertical phosphorus gradients and favorable conditions for resource delivery to Cladophora. These gradients would be eliminated under conditions of wind mixing, reducing the significance of the dreissenid-mediated nutrient contribution. Soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) levels were monitored over dreissenid beds (densities on the order of 350•m-2 and 3000∙m-2) at a site 8 m deep in Lake Michigan. Monitoring was based on the deployment of Modified Hesslein Samplers which collected samples for SRP analysis over a distance of 34 cm above the bottom in 2.5 cm intervals. Deployment intervals were established to capture a wind regime (calm, windy) that persisted for an interval consistent with the sampler equilibration time of 7 hours. Results indicate that increased mussel density leads to an increased concentration boundary layer; increased wind speed leads to entrainment of the concentration boundary layer; and increased duration of quiescent periods leads to an increased concentration boundary layer. This concentration boundary layer is of ecological significance and forms in the region inhabited by Cladophora

The nutrition of Great Lakes Cladophora /

"EPA-600/3-76-044."

Factors affecting the growth of Cladophora in relation to river pollution

Nuisance growths of Cladophora have been associated with eutrophication. A review of the literature, however, reveals a scarcity of relevant experimental growth studies. Sampling experimental streams reveals that the addition of sewage effluent to good quality water alters the flora from that dominated by Potamogetan crispus to one dominated by CLadophora. Spatial and temporal differences in biomass of taxa present are discussed in the context of accompanying physicochemical data. In laboratory batch culture, growth of unialgal C. glomerata was accompanied by elevation of medium pH - considered largely responsible for the poor growth in such culture. However, appropriate experimental conditions and indices of growth were selected and the effects of various herbicides assessed. Diquat and terbutryne were shown to possess algicidal activity towards Cladophora. A closed continuous culture apparatus was developed: growth proceeded through lag, logarithmic and linear phases. Inoculum size and medium flow rate had significant effects on growth, and were standardized. In continuous culture, specific growth rate increased linearly with increased duration of light per day, up to 24 hours, and increased light intensity, up to 6000 lux - the highest intensity tested. Comparison of field and laboratory results suggests that ammonia toxicity is attributable to the undissociated form. In the laboratory, 185 µg/1 undissociated ammoniacal nitrogen reduced specific growth rate to 50% of that at 10 µg/1 undissociated ammcniacal nitrogen. 0.077-1.057 mg/1 NO2-N had no significant effect on growth. 7.2-15.2 mg/1 NO3-N had no significant effect on specific growth rate. Neither was any nitrate/phosphate interaction significant. At 4.9 mg/1 PO4-1, specific growth rate was only 48% of that at 1.9 g/1 P04-P. The critical medium PO4-P concentration was <0.1 mg/i. Specific growth rate was reduced to 50% of that in natural water by 0.036 mgCu/l, 0.070 mgzn/1 and 1.03 mgPb/l. Metal uptake was evaluated.

Integrated treatment of shrimp effluent by sedimentation, oyster filtration and macroalgal absorption: a laboratory scale study

Effluent water from shrimp ponds typically contains elevated concentrations of dissolved nutrients and suspended particulates compared to influent water. Attempts to improve effluent water quality using filter feeding bivalves and macroalgae to reduce nutrients have previously been hampered by the high concentration of clay particles typically found in untreated pond effluent. These particles inhibit feeding in bivalves and reduce photosynthesis in macroalgae by increasing effluent turbidity. In a small-scale laboratory study, the effectiveness of a three-stage effluent treatment system was investigated. In the first stage, reduction in particle concentration occurred through natural sedimentation. In the second stage, filtration by the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley), further reduced the concentration of suspended particulates, including inorganic particles, phytoplankton, bacteria, and their associated nutrients. In the final stage, the macroalga, Gracilaria edulis (Gmelin) Silva, absorbed dissolved nutrients. Pond effluent was collected from a commercial shrimp farm, taken to an indoor culture facility and was left to settle for 24 h. Subsamples of water were then transferred into laboratory tanks stocked with oysters and maintained for 24 h, and then transferred to tanks containing macroalgae for another 24 h. Total suspended solid (TSS), chlorophyll a, total nitrogen (N), total phosphorus (P), NH4+, NO3-, and PO43-, and bacterial numbers were compared before and after each treatment at: 0 h (initial); 24 h (after sedimentation); 48 h (after oyster filtration); 72 h (after macroalgal absorption). The combined effect of the sequential treatments resulted in significant reductions in the concentrations of all parameters measured. High rates of nutrient regeneration were observed in the control tanks, which did not contain oysters or macroalgae. Conversely, significant reductions in nutrients and suspended particulates after sedimentation and biological treatment were observed. Overall, improvements in water quality (final percentage of the initial concentration) were as follows: TSS (12%); total N (28%); total P (14%); NH4+ (76%); NO3- (30%); PO43-(35%); bacteria (30%); and chlorophyll a (0.7%). Despite the probability of considerable differences in sedimentation, filtration and nutrient uptake rates when scaled to farm size, these results demonstrate that integrated treatment has the potential to significantly improve water quality of shrimp farm effluent. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Micromorfologia da degradação de madeira da espécie Amazônica Hura crepitans L. por fungos lignolíticos pertencentes a classe hymenomycetes

Foram estudadas as mudanças micromorfotógicas e químicas que ocorrem na madeira de "açacu" Hura crepitans L. através de vários estágios de deterioração provocada pelos fungos Pycnoporus sanguineus (L.: F.) Murr, Antrodia albida (F.) Donk e Tyromyces sp. coletados nos arredores do município de Manaus, AM, Brasil. O microscópio eletrônico de varredura foi utilizado para a observação da extensão do ataque dos fungos aos diversos elementos xilemáticos de Hura crepitans. A otimização das condições de cultivo para os fungos foi estudada no que diz respeito ao efeito da temperatura e pH no crescimento micelial utilizando diferentes meios de cultura. Os fungos tendem a preferir um ambiente com pH entre 5.0-8.0 sendo o pH 6.0 o ótimo. A temperatura ótima ficou na faixa de 30-35 ºC. Ocorreu a perda progressiva do teor de lignina. Os polissacarídeos são degradados simultaneamente com a lignina, sendo que esta é degradada no estágio inicial com razão superior a dos polissacarídeos especialmente para P. sanguineus e Tyromyces sp. A medida que a lignina é removida, a estrutura fibrilar da celulose na parede celular torna-se evidente. Os elementos de vaso são completamente destruídos no estágio inicial da deterioração. Ocorre o estreitamento da parede celular dos elementos fibrosos adjacentes aos raios com ataque à parede primária e secundária. No estágio mais avançado de deterioração ocorre a destruição dos raios e a formação de cristais (presumivelmente oxalato de cálcio).

Pla de gestió i conservació dels Estanyets de Pals i les Closes Fondes (Pals, Baix Empordà)

Es destaca la presència de tres espècies bioinvasores, tals com la gambúsia(Gambusiaaffinis), la canya (Arundodonax) i el cranc vermell americà (Procambarusclarkii). S’ha detectat que la qualitat de l’aigua ha disminuït en alguns paràmetres, especialment en l’Estanyet del Safareig. En els tres estanyets els sòlids dissolts totalsa TSD) estan al voltant del límit màxim recomanat per la EPA (Agència de Protecció Ambiental d’Estats Units). S’ha observat que la Cladophora, indicadora de concentracions elevades de nitrogen a l’aigua, és un cloròfit molt abundant. S’han identificat dos hàbitats d’interès comunitari no prioritari, segons la Directiva Hàbitats: les closes i les freixenedes termòfiles de Fraxinusangustifolia. En funció dels resultats obtinguts s’han elaborat les propostes de gestió i conservació per aquest espai.

Efeito de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares, da adubação fosfatada e da esterilização do solo no crescimento de mudas de maracujazeiro amarelo

O efeito da inoculação com fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA), da adubação com fósforo e da esterilização do solo sobre o crescimento de mudas de maracujazeiro amarelo foi avaliado em experimento, realizado em casa de vegetação, inteiramente casualizado em fatorial de 2 × 3 × 4, com três repetições, utilizando potes de 1,6 dm³, sendo: dois tratamentos de solo (esterilizado - SE e não esterilizado - SNE), três tratamentos de P (4, 11 e 30 mg dm-3 de P) e quatro tratamentos de inoculação (Gigaspora albida, Scutellospora heterogama, inóculo misto de G. albida, G. margarita, Acaulospora longula e S. heterogama e o controle não inoculado). Mudas inoculadas e cultivadas em SE apresentaram aumento significativo na altura, diâmetro do caule, número de folhas e de gavinhas a partir de 50 dias da inoculação (d.a.i.), com exceção das inoculadas com S. heterogama, que mostraram respostas tardias (70 d.a.i.). Maiores índices de colonização radicular e densidade de esporos na rizosfera foram registrados em SE. A esterilização do solo afetou a concentração de P na parte aérea das mudas, apenas no tratamento-controle e inoculado com S. heterogama Em geral, a esterilização do solo, a adubação fosfatada e a inoculação com FMA favoreceram o crescimento das mudas de maracujazeiro, sendo registradas interações da inoculação micorrízica, esterilização do solo e adubação fosfatada.

Influência da densidade de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares na produção de mudas de maracujazeiro-amarelo

Foram investigadas espécies e densidade de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) que possam beneficiar o crescimento de mudas de maracujazeiro-amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg.). O delineamento utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, em arranjo fatorial de 5 x 3 + 1, com cinco FMA (Gigaspora albida, G. margarita, Acaulospora longula, Glomus etunicatum e Scutellospora heterogama), três níveis de inóculo (200, 300 e 400 esporos/planta) e um controle (sem inoculação), com três repetições, em solo fumigado contendo 3 mg dm-3 de P e pH 5,3. Não houve interação significativa entre a densidade de inóculo e as espécies de FMA em relação ao crescimento do hospedeiro. No entanto, a biomassa seca da parte aérea e a área foliar atingiram valores máximos no tratamento com 300 esporos/planta. Em geral, as mudas que receberam inóculos de G. albida, G. margarita e G. etunicatum apresentaram maior crescimento, colonização e densidade de esporos na rizosfera do que as associadas a A. longula e S. heterogama, que tiveram crescimento similar ao controle. A inoculação, no maracujazeiro, com três dos FMA testados proporcionou maior vigor à planta, reduzindo o tempo necessário para o transplantio ao campo.

Fungos micorrízicos arbusculares e adubação fosfatada em mudas de mangabeira

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) e da adubação fosfatada em mudas de mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes). O experimento, em casa de vegetação, utilizou delineamento inteiramente casualizado em fatorial com dois tratamentos de solo nativo oriundo de pomar com mangabeiras, desinfestado com brometo de metila e não-desinfestado, seis doses de P (3*, 3, 48, 93, 138 e 183 mg dm-3) e três tratamentos de inoculação, Gigaspora albida Schenck & Smith, Glomus etunicatum Becker & Gerdemann e controle sem inoculação, com quatro repetições. O tratamento 3* não recebeu solução nutritiva e os demais receberam solução nutritiva de Hoagland sem fósforo por ocasião da inoculação. Após 150 dias, observou-se aumento na altura, biomassa e área foliar nos tratamentos com G. albida, em solo desinfestado. Respostas à inoculação ocorreram nas mudas cultivadas com a menor dose de P, nos dois tratamentos de solo. A mangabeira mostrou-se dependente da micorrização apenas na menor dose de P em solo desinfestado. Nos demais níveis de P, a dependência variou em função do FMA e da condição do solo. A associação com G. albida proporcionou melhor desenvolvimento das mudas de mangabeira.