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Variation of Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu and Zn contents in thalli of Fucus distichus was determined under conditions of polar days. The use of spectrum analysis allowed estimates comparisons of the interrelation of periodic changes in irradiance, temperature and tidal fluctuations and quasiperiodic changes in metal contents. The effect of the diel rhythm of irradiance correlated with the accumulation of all metals except for Zn. At the same time, the changes in Mn, Fe and Cu content were delayed in respect to changes in irradiance level. The phase shift for Fe was 1 h 56 min, for Cu – 3 h 41 min and for Mn – 5 h5 min. The change in Ni content, in contrast, was 11min ahead of the change in irradiance. During the experiment an increase in water temperature up to10 °C resulted in increases in the average Mn, Ni and Cu contents in the thalli and decreases in Fe and Zn concents. The periodicity of metal thallus content did not always correspond to a diurnal rhythm, and couldbe longer (Mn, Ni: 32 h; Fe: 36 h) or shorter (Mn, Ni, Zn: 16 h; Cu: 12 h; Zn: 20, 10 h). The ANOVA of these rhythms allows an estimate of the contribution of rising and falling tidal fluctuations to the changes in Cu, Mn and Ni contents. There was a higher metal content during a falling than a rising tide. Abbreviations SDLT – semidiurnal lunartide, CDLT – closed diurnal lunar tide.
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Tropin, I.V., Bourdine, K.S. Periodic changes in metal content in Fucus distichus thalli under polar day conditions. Journal of Applied Phycology 9, 269–276 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007912330111
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