Chlorophyll content and temperature-dependent net photosynthesis and respiration rate in the lichen Cetraria aculeata ...

• Main Authors: Domaschke, Stephanie, Vivas, M, Sancho, L G, Printzen, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.847627; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.847627

We studied polar and temperate samples of the lichen Cetraria aculeata to investigate whether genetical differences between photobionts are correlated with physiological properties of the lichen holobiont. Net photosynthesis and dark respiration (DR) at different temperatures (from 0 to 30 °C) and photon flux densities (from 0 to 1,200 mmol/m**2/s) were studied for four populations of Cetraria aculeata. Samples were collected from maritime Antarctica, Svalbard, Germany and Spain, representing different climatic situations. Sequencing of the photobiont showed that the investigated samples fall in the polar and temperate clade described in Fernández-Mendoza et al. (2011, doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04993.x). Lichens with photobionts from these clades differ in their temperature optimum for photosynthesis, maximal net photosynthesis, maximal DR and chlorophyll content. Maximal net photosynthesis was much lower in Antarctica and Svalbard than in Germany and Spain. The difference was smaller when rates were ... : Supplement to: Domaschke, Stephanie; Vivas, M; Sancho, L G; Printzen, Christian (2013): Ecophysiology and genetic structure of polar versus temperate populations of the lichen Cetraria aculeata. Oecologia, 173(3), 699-709 ...