Patterns in fluorescence over a Caribbean reef slope:: the coral genus Madracis
Patterns in fluorescence over a Caribbean reef slope:: the coral genus Madracis
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1022635327172
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Bak, RPM
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作者：
Vermeij, MJA;Delvoye, L;Bak, RPM
模式的荧光和菌落组织颜色进行了研究（现场观察和epifluorescence显微镜）在珊瑚属Madracis超过深度从10到60在库拉考的礁坡6种。出现了两个函数：（1）随深度的变化，变色体的数量减少（n = 25），这表明具有光保护功能，其中短波长（例如UV）转化为长波长。(2)在四个物种的整个深度范围内观察到的绿色荧光将辐射转化为对光合作用有用的波长。观察到的物种之间的荧光模式不符合目前的分类学分类。我们的研究结果不支持有用的荧光作为分类工具在珊瑚。
Patterns of fluorescence and colony tissue colour were studied (field observations and epifluorescence microscopy) in six species of the coral genus Madracis over depth from 10 to 60 in at a reef slope in Curacao. Two functions showed up: (1) Decrease in number of colourmorphs (n = 25) with depth suggests a photo-protective function where short wavelengths (e.g. UV) are transformed to long wavelengths. (2) Green fluorescence, observed in four species over their entire depth range, transforms radiation to wavelengths useful for photosynthesis. The observed patterns in fluorescence between species did not correspond to the current taxonomic classification. Our results do not support the usefulness of fluorescence as a taxonomic tool in corals.