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Growth rates of North Sea macroalgae in relation to temperature, irradiance and photoperiod
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 34, pages 15–29 (1980)
Abstract
Three eulittoral algae(Ulva lactuca, Porphyra umbilicalis, Chondrus crispus) and one sublittoral alga(Laminaria saccharina) from Helgoland (North Sea) were cultivated in a flow-through system at different temperatures, irradiances and daylengths. In regard to temperature there was a broad optimum at 10–15° C, except inP. umbilicalis, which grew fastest at 10 °C. A growth peak at this temperature was also found in four of 17 other North Sea macroalgae, for which the growth/temperature response was studied, whereas 13 of these species exhibited a growth optimum at 15 °C, or a broad optimum at 10–15 °C. Growth was light-saturated inU. lactuca, L. saccharina andC. crispus at photon flux densities above 70 µE m−2s−1, but inP. umbilicalis above 30 µE m−2s−1. Growth rate did not decrease notably in the eulittoral species after one week in relatively strong light (250 µE m−2s−1), but by about 50 % in the case of the sublittoralL. saccharina, as compared with growth under weak light conditions (30 µE m−2s−1). In contrast, chlorophyll content decreased in the sublittoral as well as in the eulittoral species, and the greatest change in pigment content occurred in the range 30–70 µE m−2s−1. Growth rate increased continuously up to photoperiods of 24 h light per day inL. saccharina andC. crispus, whereas daylength saturation occurred at photoperiods of more than 16 h light per day inU. lactuca andP. umbilicalis.
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Fortes, M.D., Lüning, K. Growth rates of North Sea macroalgae in relation to temperature, irradiance and photoperiod. Helgolander Meeresunters 34, 15–29 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983538
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