Photosynthetic recovery of desiccated intertidal seaweeds after rehydration |
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作者姓名: | JI Yan GAO Kunshan TANAKA Jiro |
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作者单位: | Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China,1. Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; 2. Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;,Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan-4, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan |
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摘 要: | Intertidal seaweeds experience periodical desiccation and rehydration to different extents due to the tidal cycles and their vertical distributions. Their photosynthetic recovery process during the rehydration may show different patterns among the seaweeds from different zonations or depths at intertidal zone. In this study 12 species of seaweeds collected from the upper, middle, lower and sublittoral zones were examined. The relationship of the photosynthetic recovery to vertical distribution was assessed by comparing their patterns of photosynthetic and respiratory performances after rehydration following desiccation. Both the photosynthesis and dark respiration declined during emersion, showing certain degrees of recovery after re-immersion into seawater for most species, but the extents were markedly different from one species to the other. The species from upper intertidal zone after being rehydrated for 1 hour, following 2 hours of desiccation, achieved 100% recovery of their initial physiological activity, while most of the lower or sublittoral species did not achieve full recovery. It is the ability to withstand desiccation stress (fast recovery during rehydration), but not that to avoid desiccation (water retaining ability) that determines the distribution of intertidal seaweeds. Such physiological behavior during rehydration after desiccation reflects the adaptive strategy of intertidal seaweeds against desiccation and their capability of primary production in the process of rehydration.
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关 键 词: | seaweeds desiccation emersion intertidal photosynthetic recovery. |
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