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Effects of irradiance of various wavelengths from light-emitting diodes on the growth of the harmful dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama and the diatom Skeletonema costatum

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We investigated the effects of specific light wavelengths from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the growth of the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama, which kills bivalves, and the diatom Skeletonema costatum, which is an important food source for bivalves. Growth of H. circularisquama was obviously inhibited at 590 nm and a photon flux density less than 75 μmol quanta/m2/s. However, growth of S. costatum was not suppressed by irradiance from any LEDs tested from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths at 75 μmol quanta/m2/s. The growth rate of H. circularisquama in an experimental treatment group with irradiance provided by both cool-white fluorescent lamps (12∶12 h L:D cycle) and a 590-nm LED (continuous irradiance) was 0.43/day. In the control group with irradiance provided only by cool-white fluorescent lamps (12∶12 h L:D cycle), the growth rate was 0.63/day, indicating that growth of H. circularisquama was suppressed by 590 nm (less than 75 μmol quanta/m2/s) irradiance from the LED and the continuous irradiance. The use of 590-nm LEDs in bivalve culture at irradiance levels less than 75 μmol quanta/m2/s might encourage the growth of the useful diatom S. costatum without stimulating growth of the harmful dinoflagellate H. circularisquama.

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  1. Korea Inter-University Institute of Ocean Science, Pukyong National University, Daeyeon-dong, Nam-gu, 608-737, Busan, Korea

    Seok Jin Oh & Han -Soeb Yang

  2. Division of Maritime Environment Conservation, Korea Coast Guard, 406-741, Incheon, Korea

    Dae -Il Kim

  3. Departments of Intelligent Machinery and Systems, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

    Takao Sajima

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    Yohei Shimasaki, Yuji Oshima & Tsuneo Honjo

  5. National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, 739-0452, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan

    Yukihiko Matsuyama

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Oh, S.J., Kim, D.I., Sajima, T. et al. Effects of irradiance of various wavelengths from light-emitting diodes on the growth of the harmful dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama and the diatom Skeletonema costatum . Fish Sci 74, 137–145 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01503.x

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