The role of gametes of the macroalgae <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ascophyllum nodosum</Emphasis> (L.) Le Jolis and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fucus vesiculosus</Emphasis> L. (Fucales,Phaeophyceae) in summer nanoplankton of the White Sea coastal waters |
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| Authors: | O V Maximova A F Sazhin |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5722, USA;(2) School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5735, USA;(3) Present address: Department of Biology, California State University, Pomona, CA 91768, USA; |
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| Abstract: | Studies of macrophytes in the coastal zone of the Artic Seas, including the White Sea, have shown the essential role of these
algae in the activity of the coastal half-latitude ecosystems. In summer, during the macrophyte reproduction period, a great
number of reproduction products are released into the water. For a short time, this considerably affects the ratio of the
nanoplankton in the populations that inhibit the vast and shallow coastal areas. At different coastal sites in Chernorechenskaya
Inlet, Kadalaksha Bay, during the period of intensive reproduction of Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus, 42 plankton samples were collected in 2005. During this period the concentration of antherozoids in the water reached 55000
cells/ml (216 mg C/m3). The number of eggs was within the range of 0.05–0.7 cells/ml. The proportion of antherozoids in the total biomass of nanoplankton
varied at different coastal sites from 0.37 to 99%, with a mean of 46% for the reproduction period of A. nodosum, and only 7% for the reproduction period of F. vesiculosus. As was shown by counts of F. vesiculosus female gametes in sedimentation traps, 1 m2 of the macrophyte bed (assuming 100% coverage) produces 18000–108000 eggs per day (0.33–2 mg C). The calculated flux of the
reproductive material from the brown algae beds to the coastal water shows good agreement with the sample counts. |
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