Release of dissolved organic nitrogen from Scenedesmus quadricauda (Chlorophyta) and Microcystis novacekii (Cyanobacteria)
Release of dissolved organic nitrogen from Scenedesmus quadricauda (Chlorophyta) and Microcystis novacekii (Cyanobacteria)
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四尾栅藻(绿藻门)和新生微囊藻(蓝藻门)释放溶解的有机氮
DOI:
10.3354/ame027275
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
T. Miyazaki
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作者:
Fumitaka Nagao;T. Miyazaki
We measured the time-course of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) release and inor- ganic nitrogen assimilation in the freshwater phytoplankton Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turp.) Brebission and Microcystis novacekii (Kom.) Comp. by the 15 N tracer method. The algae were culti- vated under nitrogen-limited or -replete conditions. We estimated the total DON release, release of recently assimilated nitrogen (RANR) and net nitrogen assimilation (NNA), using ammonium chlo- ride or sodium nitrate as the nitrogen source. In the 15 N tracer incubation of S. quadricauda prior to 1h and in M. novacekii prior to 3-6 h, minimal release of total DON was observed under the nitro- gen-limited conditions. This result suggests that nitrogen-limited cells efficiently use incorporated nitrogen. Appreciable release of total DON was observed in the 15 N incubation of nitrogen-replete S. quadricauda and M. novacekii. RANR in both nitrogen-limited and -replete algae was smaller than, and lagged behind, release of total DON, indicating that newly assimilated nitrogen was less easily released. NNA by nitrogen-limited S. quadricauda increased from the onset of the tracer incu- bation, showing that ambient nitrogen was needed for nitrogen-limited cells from the beginning of the incubation. Nitrogen-replete S. quadricauda showed no NNA during the first 1 h of the tracer incubation, suggesting that the alga did not require external nitrogen immediately after being trans- ferred from nitrogen-replete conditions. This study shows that nitrogen release and assimilation are markedly affected by the nutritional states of the algae.