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The effect of irradiance and temperature on the photosynthesis of two agarophytes Gelidium elegans and Pterocladiella tenuis (Gelidiales) from Kagoshima, Japan

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The effect of irradiance and temperature on the photosynthesis of two Japanese agarophytes, Gelidium elegans and Pterocladiella tenuis (Gelidiales), was determined using dissolved oxygen sensors and pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. Gross photosynthesis and dark respiration rates were determined over a range of temperatures (8–36 °C). The highest gross photosynthetic rates were 40.3 and 37.0 mg O2 g −1ww  min−1 and occurred at 24.3 and 25.5 °C [95 % Bayesian credible interval (BCI) 20.7–28.0 and 23.4–28.3 °C], respectively. The dark respiration rate in G. elegans and P. tenuis increased with increasing temperature at a rate of 0.10 and 0.31 mg O2 g −1ww  min−1 °C−1 , respectively. Modeling the net photosynthesis–irradiance (P–E) responses of G. elegans and P. tenuis at 20 °C revealed that the net photosynthetic rates quickly increased at irradiance levels below the estimated saturation irradiance of 88 and 83 µmol photons m−2 s−1, with a compensation irradiance of 14 and 19 µmol photons m−2 s−1, respectively. The highest value of the maximum effective quantum yield (Φ PSII) occurred at 20.1 °C (BCI 18.9–21.5 °C) and 21.3 °C (BCI 20.2–22.5 °C) for G. elegans and P. tenuis and was 0.49 and 0.45, respectively. These optimal temperatures of Φ PSII were relatively lower than those determined by the photosynthesis–temperature model of oxygen evolution. The temperature response of these species indicates that they are probably well adapted to the current range of seawater temperatures in the study site but that they are near the boundary of their tolerable limits.

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This research was sponsored in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (#22510033, #25340012 and #25450260) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Technology (RT and GNN).

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    Midori Fujimoto & Ryuta Terada

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Fujimoto, M., Nishihara, G.N. & Terada, R. The effect of irradiance and temperature on the photosynthesis of two agarophytes Gelidium elegans and Pterocladiella tenuis (Gelidiales) from Kagoshima, Japan. Fish Sci 80, 695–703 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-014-0750-x

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