Fatty acid composition of marine macroalgae from the Black Sea and Dardanelles

The fatty acid (FA) composition was determined in 14 species of marine macroalgae belonging to the Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta, which were collected from ?ile in the Black Sea and Kepez in the Dardanelles. Generally, polyunsaturated FAs and monounsaturated FAs were major components (50–77%). Total saturated FAs ranged from 22% to 50%, with 16?:?0 as the most abundant saturate (32–38%). Two samples of Cystoseira barbata collected from a different station had some differences from each other in their contents of 18?:?2n-6 and 18?:?3n-3 and in the 18?:?2n-6/20?:?4n-6 ratios. Green algal species had a significantly higher proportion of unsaturated FAs and a significantly lower proportion of saturated FAs than the red and brown algae. The amount of n-3 FAs was significantly higher in Ulva rigita, Chaetomorpha linum, Enteromorpha linza and Gracilaria verrucosa (8.88, 6.44, 5.31 and 5.24, respectively).     

Chemical defense and evolution in the Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

Summary. Recent advances in both the systematics and the natural products chemistry of the order Sacoglossa (=Ascoglossa) in the gastropod subclass Opisthobranchia suggest a revised and improved historical account of the evolution of the group. Although the algal genus Caulerpa makes a suitable model for the ancestral food of the order, other siphonaceous algae are consistent with both morphological and chemical data. At an early evolutionary stage terpenoids are sequestered from the food, and used defensively, often with modification. With an evolutionary switch to different kinds of algal food, there is often a shift to other, related defensive chemicals. A switch to new food source sometimes leads to the abandonment of chemical defense, but in other cases there is de-novo synthesis of defensive metabolites. The synthesis of polypropionates, which are used defensively, occurs in some other gastropods, but otherwise is known only in fungi. The systematic distribution of the defensive polypropionates suggests that their defensive use has evolved several times among gastropods. Failure to detect them may mean that synthetic capacity has evolved more than once, or it may mean that they exist at low levels, perhaps having a non-defensive function. Received 9 February 1998; accepted 20 March 1998.     

苏州平原河网区浅水湖泊冬夏季浮游植物群落与环境因子的典范对应分析

2005年12月和2006年6月对苏州平原河网区57个浅水湖泊的浮游植物群落进行了调查,共检出浮游植物8门62属73种,浮游植物主要由绿藻、硅藻和蓝藻组成.冬季浮游植物平均丰度为254.88×10⁴cells·L^-1,硅藻门丰度占总丰度的62.3％;夏季浮游植物平均丰度为2 704.28×10⁴cells·L^-1,蓝藻门丰度达93.5％.运用典范对应分析(canonical correspondence analysis, CCA)对调查范围内的57个样点62属浮游植物与11个环境因子关系进行研究.结果表明,水温、高锰酸盐指数、NO^-₃-N和TN是影响苏州平原河网区浅水湖泊浮游植物群落分布的主要环境因子,在冬季,pH、NH⁺₄-N及TP也是主要的影响因子;浮游植物中硅藻对环境变化具有较强的适应性,绿藻能耐受较高的高锰酸盐指数、氮磷营养盐和TOC浓度,而蓝藻对环境因子的响应有待进一步的研究.     

草甘膦对沉积物-水界面藻类群落结构影响研究

为了探究环境中残留除草剂草甘膦对沉积物-水界面藻类群落结构演替的影响,分别以九龙江两个断面拱桥溪和石龟头的沉积物-水界面藻类群落结构为研究对象,并添加0.05 mg·L^-1草甘膦作为磷源进行实验模拟.结果表明：拱桥溪沉积物-水界面藻类生物量占比为蓝藻：绿藻∶硅藻∶甲藻=0.3%∶7.8%∶91.5%∶0.3%,蓝藻生物量占比低于1%,以硅藻门直链藻属为优势种属;石龟头沉积物-水界面藻类生物量起点占比为蓝藻∶绿藻∶硅藻∶甲藻=20.8%∶58.5%∶19.5%∶1.2%,蓝藻生物量占比大于20%,绿藻门栅藻属、蓝藻门微囊藻属和硅藻门直链藻属为优势种属.草甘膦调控15 d后,拱桥溪沉积物-水界面蓝藻生物量占比从0.3%增长到22.6%,生物量是无机磷组的7.6倍,但硅藻仍为优势门类,这与蓝藻生物量占比低于1%的拱桥溪表层水体藻类群落演替结果类似;而石龟头沉积物-水界面蓝藻生物量占比从20.8%增长到57.8%,生物量是无机磷组的近5倍,蓝藻演替为优势门类,这与蓝藻生物量占比大于15%的石龟头表层水体藻类群落演替结果相似.调控实验表明,在草甘膦胁迫下蓝藻门的增殖能力均表...