Allelopathic effect of Fucus vesiculosus (brown alga) and Coccotylus brodiei (red alga) on the growth and photosynthesis performance of Baltic cyanobacteria

• Authors: Gracjana Budzałek , Sylwia Śliwinska-Wilczewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In aquatic ecosystems, allelopathic activity depends on the production and secretion of active allelopathic compounds and their effective dispersal in the environment. In addition, macroalgae have been found to produce active metabolites that affect other organisms that compete with them for nutrients. However, the allelopathic activity of Baltic red and brown macroalgae on filamentous cyanobacteria is still insufficiently understood. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to demonstrate and compare the allelopathic effects of macroalgae Fucus vesiculosus L. and Coccotylus brodiei (Turner) Kütz. on the growth and photosynthetic activity of two Baltic cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon sp. and Nostoc sp. It was found a stimulating effect of different concentrations (5, 25, and 50 µL mL–1) of the aqueous extract obtained from C. brodiei on the number of cells of Nostoc sp. which constituted 108%, 140%, and 147%, respectively, relative to the control treatment. On the other hand, extracts obtained from F. vesiculosus had no statistically significant effect on the number of cells of the cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon sp. and Nostoc sp. Moreover, the C. brodiei extracts had no significant impact on the growth of Aphanizomenon sp. Furthermore, Baltic macroalgae F. vesiculosus and C. brodiei was able to exert allelopathic effects on photosynthesis performance of Nostoc sp. and Aphanizomenon sp. and compounds produced by them had inhibitory, stimulatory, or no significant effect on the maximum PSII quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) and the effective quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (ΦPSII). The results obtained in this work constitute an important contribution to the knowledge on the allelopathic activity of Baltic red and brown algae on certain bloom-forming species of filamentous cyanobacteria.

PL

Aktywność allelopatyczna w ekosystemach wodnych zależy od produkcji i uwalniania aktywnych związków allelopatycznych oraz ich skutecznego rozprzestrzeniania się w środowisku. Stwierdzono, że makroglony wytwarzają aktywne metabolity, które wpływają na inne organizmy, które konkurują z nimi o światło i składniki odżywcze. Jednak aktywność allelopatyczna bałtyckich krasnorostów i brunatnic na nitkowate sinice jest nadal niedostatecznie poznana. Dlatego głównym celem niniejszej pracy było wykazanie i porównanie aktywności allelopatycznej makroglonów Fucus vesiculosus (brunatnia) i Coccotylus brodiei (krasnorost) na wzrost i aktywność fotosyntetyczną dwóch bałtyckich sinic Aphanizomenon sp. i Nostoc sp. W pracy stwierdzono stymulujący wpływ różnych stężeń (5, 25 i 50 µL mL–1) wodnego ekstraktu otrzymanego z C. brodiei na liczebność komórek Nostoc sp., które wynosiły odpowiednio: 108%, 140% i 147% w stosunku do grupy kontrolnej. Z drugiej strony ekstrakty uzyskane z F. vesiculosus nie miały istotnego statystycznie wpływu na liczebność komórek sinic Aphanizomenon sp. i Nostoc sp. Wykazano także, że ekstrakty z C. brodiei nie miały istotnego wpływu na wzrost Aphanizomenon sp. Ponadto bałtyckie makroglony F. vesiculosus i C. brodiei wpływały allelopatycznie na aktywność fotosyntetyczną u Nostoc sp. i Aphanizomenon sp., a wydzielane przez nie związki wykazywały hamujący, stymulujący lub brak wpływu na maksymalną wydajność kwantową drugiego fotosystemu (PSII) w ciemności (Fv/Fm) oraz na rzeczywistą wydajność kwantową PSII w świetle (ΦPSII). Wyniki uzyskane w niniejszej pracy stanowią ważny wkład w stan wiedzy na temat aktywności allelopatycznej bałtyckich krasnorostów i brunatnic na wybrane gatunki nitkowatych sinic, zdolnych do tworzenia masowych zakwitów.

Keywords

EN

allelopathy; aqueous extracts; brown algae; cyanobacteria; fluorescence; growth; macroalgae; red algae; allelopathy; aqueous extracts; brown algae; cyanobacteria; fluorescence; growth; macroalgae; red algae

PL

allelopatia, brunatnice, ekstrakt wodny, fluorescencja, krasnorosty, makroglony, sinice, wzrost

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 6

Dates

published

2021-07-08

Contributors

author

Gracjana Budzałek

• Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Gdynia, Poland

author

Sylwia Śliwinska-Wilczewska

• University of Gdańsk

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3147-6605

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