Temperature tolerance of western Baltic Sea Fucus vesiculosus - growth, photosynthesis and survival ...

Fucus vesiculosus L. (Phaeophyceae) is the most abundant and hence ecologically most important primary producer, carbon sink and habitat provider in the western Baltic Sea. All F. vesiculosus L. specimens were collected on 23 April 2014 from a depth of 0.2-1 m in the non-tidal Kiel Fjord, western Ba...

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Main Authors: Graiff, Angelika, Liesner, Daniel, Karsten, Ulf, Bartsch, Inka
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.842937
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.842937
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Summary:Fucus vesiculosus L. (Phaeophyceae) is the most abundant and hence ecologically most important primary producer, carbon sink and habitat provider in the western Baltic Sea. All F. vesiculosus L. specimens were collected on 23 April 2014 from a depth of 0.2-1 m in the non-tidal Kiel Fjord, western Baltic Sea (54°27'N; 10°12'E), where this species forms dense and almost monospecific stands on stones. After sampling the algal thalli were stored in a refrigerator box with water from the sampling site, transported to Bremerhaven and stored at 10 °C for one day in filtered seawater. Experiments were conducted with vegetative apical tips (6.7±0.5 cm length), the actively growing region of F. vesiculosus, which were randomly selected and cut from 144 different individuals prior to the experiments. These tips were acclimated to laboratory conditions for three days in filtered seawater at 10 °C before the start of the experiment. Furthermore, 30 additional vegetative apices were freeze-dried to document the initial ... : Supplement to: Graiff, Angelika; Liesner, Daniel; Karsten, Ulf; Bartsch, Inka (2015): Temperature tolerance of western Baltic Sea Fucus vesiculosus – growth, photosynthesis and survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 471, 8-16 ...