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First report of the intentionally introduced kelp, Saccharina japonica, in the Pacific coast of southern Chile. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Leal PP, Roleda MY, Fernández PA, Nitschke U, Hurd CL. Reproductive phenology and morphology of Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales, Ochrophyta) from southern New Zealand in relation to wave exposure 1. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2021; 57:1619-1635. [PMID: 34153125 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Macrocystis pyrifera is a major habitat forming kelp in coastal ecosystems of temperate regions of the northern and southern hemispheres. We investigated the seasonal occurrence of adult sporophytes, morphological characteristics, and reproductive phenology at two sites within a wave-protected harbour and two wave-exposed sites in southern New Zealand every 3-4 months between 2012 and 2013. Seasonality in reproduction was assessed via the number of sporophylls, the occurrence of sori on sporophylls, and non-sporophyllous laminae (fertile pneumatocyst-bearing blades and fertile apical scimitars), meiospore release, and germination. We found that M. pyrifera was present and reproductive year-round in three of the four sites, and patterns were similar for the wave-exposure conditions. Sori were found on pneumatocyst-bearing blades and apical scimitars in addition to the sporophylls, and viable meiospores were released from all three types of laminae. Morphological variations between sites with different wave exposure indicate that sporophytes from wave-protected sites have bigger blades and holdfasts and are longer than those from wave-exposed sites. We discuss the implications of these biological variables for the ecology of M. pyrifera inhabiting different wave exposure environments in southern New Zealand.
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- Pablo P Leal
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Departamento de Repoblación y Cultivo, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Balmaceda 252, Casilla 665, Puerto Montt, Chile
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Kudalsveien 6, Bodø, 8027, Norway
- The Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Centro i⁓mar & CeBiB, Universidad de Los Lagos, Camino a Chinquihue Km 6, Casilla 557, Puerto Montt, Chile
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- Independent researcher, Jahnstraße 6, Vohburg, 85088, Germany
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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Effect of environmental history on the habitat-forming kelp Macrocystis pyrifera responses to ocean acidification and warming: a physiological and molecular approach. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2510. [PMID: 33510300 PMCID: PMC7843619 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82094-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The capacity of marine organisms to adapt and/or acclimate to climate change might differ among distinct populations, depending on their local environmental history and phenotypic plasticity. Kelp forests create some of the most productive habitats in the world, but globally, many populations have been negatively impacted by multiple anthropogenic stressors. Here, we compare the physiological and molecular responses to ocean acidification (OA) and warming (OW) of two populations of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera from distinct upwelling conditions (weak vs strong). Using laboratory mesocosm experiments, we found that juvenile Macrocystis sporophyte responses to OW and OA did not differ among populations: elevated temperature reduced growth while OA had no effect on growth and photosynthesis. However, we observed higher growth rates and NO3- assimilation, and enhanced expression of metabolic-genes involved in the NO3- and CO2 assimilation in individuals from the strong upwelling site. Our results suggest that despite no inter-population differences in response to OA and OW, intrinsic differences among populations might be related to their natural variability in CO2, NO3- and seawater temperatures driven by coastal upwelling. Further work including additional populations and fluctuating climate change conditions rather than static values are needed to precisely determine how natural variability in environmental conditions might influence a species' response to climate change.
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Leal PP, Hurd CL, Sander SG, Armstrong E, Fernández PA, Suhrhoff TJ, Roleda MY. Copper pollution exacerbates the effects of ocean acidification and warming on kelp microscopic early life stages. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14763. [PMID: 30283041 PMCID: PMC6170414 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32899-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ocean warming (OW), ocean acidification (OA) and their interaction with local drivers, e.g., copper pollution, may negatively affect macroalgae and their microscopic life stages. We evaluated meiospore development of the kelps Macrocystis pyrifera and Undaria pinnatifida exposed to a factorial combination of current and 2100-predicted temperature (12 and 16 °C, respectively), pH (8.16 and 7.65, respectively), and two copper levels (no-added-copper and species-specific germination Cu-EC50). Meiospore germination for both species declined by 5-18% under OA and ambient temperature/OA conditions, irrespective of copper exposure. Germling growth rate declined by >40%·day-1, and gametophyte development was inhibited under Cu-EC50 exposure, compared to the no-added-copper treatment, irrespective of pH and temperature. Following the removal of copper and 9-day recovery under respective pH and temperature treatments, germling growth rates increased by 8-18%·day-1. The exception was U. pinnatifida under OW/OA, where growth rate remained at 10%·day-1 before and after copper exposure. Copper-binding ligand concentrations were higher in copper-exposed cultures of both species, suggesting that ligands may act as a defence mechanism of kelp early life stages against copper toxicity. Our study demonstrated that copper pollution is more important than global climate drivers in controlling meiospore development in kelps as it disrupts the completion of their life cycle.
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- Pablo P Leal
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand.
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade Battery Point, Hobart, 7004, Tasmania, Australia.
- Departamento de Repoblación y Cultivo, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Balmaceda 252, Puerto Montt, Casilla, 665, Chile.
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade Battery Point, Hobart, 7004, Tasmania, Australia
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- NIWA/ University of Otago Research Centre for Oceanography, Chemistry Department, Union Place West, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Marine Environment Study Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 Quai Antione 1er, 98000, Monaco, Monaco
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- NIWA/ University of Otago Research Centre for Oceanography, Chemistry Department, Union Place West, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
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- Centro i~mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Camino a Chinquihue Km 6, Puerto Montt, Casilla, 557, Chile
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- ETH Zürich, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, Clausiusstrasse 25, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Kudalsveien 6, 8027, Bodø, Norway
- The Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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Kelps’ Long-Distance Dispersal: Role of Ecological/Oceanographic Processes and Implications to Marine Forest Conservation. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/d10010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Leal PP, Hurd CL, Fernández PA, Roleda MY. Ocean acidification and kelp development: Reduced pH has no negative effects on meiospore germination and gametophyte development of Macrocystis pyrifera and Undaria pinnatifida. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2017; 53:557-566. [PMID: 28164308 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The absorption of anthropogenic CO2 by the oceans is causing a reduction in the pH of the surface waters termed ocean acidification (OA). This could have substantial effects on marine coastal environments where fleshy (non-calcareous) macroalgae are dominant primary producers and ecosystem engineers. Few OA studies have focused on the early life stages of large macroalgae such as kelps. This study evaluated the effects of seawater pH on the ontogenic development of meiospores of the native kelp Macrocystis pyrifera and the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida, in south-eastern New Zealand. Meiospores of both kelps were released into four seawater pH treatments (pHT 7.20, extreme OA predicted for 2300; pHT 7.65, OA predicted for 2100; pHT 8.01, ambient pH; and pHT 8.40, pre-industrial pH) and cultured for 15 d. Meiospore germination, germling growth rate, and gametophyte size and sex ratio were monitored and measured. Exposure to reduced pHT (7.20 and 7.65) had positive effects on germling growth rate and gametophyte size in both M. pyrifera and U. pinnatifida, whereas, higher pHT (8.01 and 8.40) reduced the gametophyte size in both kelps. Sex ratio of gametophytes of both kelps was biased toward females under all pHT treatments, except for U. pinnatifida at pHT 7.65. Germling growth rate under OA was significantly higher in M. pyrifera compared to U. pinnatifida but gametophyte development was equal for both kelps under all seawater pHT treatments, indicating that the microscopic stages of the native M. pyrifera and the invasive U. pinnatifida will respond similarly to OA.
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- Pablo P Leal
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, 479 Great King Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Kudalsveien 6, 8049, Bodø, Norway
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Stress physiology and reproductive phenology of Arctic endemic kelp Laminaria solidungula J. Agardh. Polar Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1813-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fernández PA, Roleda MY, Hurd CL. Effects of ocean acidification on the photosynthetic performance, carbonic anhydrase activity and growth of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 124:293-304. [PMID: 25869634 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0138-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Under ocean acidification (OA), the 200 % increase in CO2(aq) and the reduction of pH by 0.3-0.4 units are predicted to affect the carbon physiology and growth of macroalgae. Here we examined how the physiology of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera is affected by elevated pCO2/low pH. Growth and photosynthetic rates, external and internal carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity, HCO3 (-) versus CO2 use were determined over a 7-day incubation at ambient pCO2 400 µatm/pH 8.00 and a future OA treatment of pCO2 1200 µatm/pH 7.59. Neither the photosynthetic nor growth rates were changed by elevated CO2 supply in the OA treatment. These results were explained by the greater use of HCO3 (-) compared to CO2 as an inorganic carbon (Ci) source to support photosynthesis. Macrocystis is a mixed HCO3 (-) and CO2 user that exhibits two effective mechanisms for HCO3 (-) utilization; as predicted for species that possess carbon-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs), photosynthesis was not substantially affected by elevated pCO2. The internal CA activity was also unaffected by OA, and it remained high and active throughout the experiment; this suggests that HCO3 (-) uptake via an anion exchange protein was not affected by OA. Our results suggest that photosynthetic Ci uptake and growth of Macrocystis will not be affected by elevated pCO2/low pH predicted for the future, but the combined effects with other environmental factors like temperature and nutrient availability could change the physiological response of Macrocystis to OA. Therefore, further studies will be important to elucidate how this species might respond to the global environmental change predicted for the ocean.
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- Pamela A Fernández
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand,
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