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Influence of non-nutrient environmental factors on Ulva pertusa's inhibitory effects on Heterosigma akashiwo growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

Qiu Jin ,
Han-Gui Wu ,
Xin-Xin Zhang  and
Zhong-Lu Ke
Qiu Jin
Affiliation:
Biopharmaceutical Research and Development Center, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China
Han-Gui Wu*
Affiliation:
Biopharmaceutical Research and Development Center, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China
Xin-Xin Zhang
Affiliation:
Biopharmaceutical Research and Development Center, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China
Zhong-Lu Ke
Affiliation:
Biopharmaceutical Research and Development Center, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:H.-G. Wu, Biopharmaceutical Research and Development Center, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou 318000, China email: taizhihaiyangkeji@126.com; david78225@163.com
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Abstract

We studied the effects of four non-nutrient environmental factors (temperature, salinity, irradiance and pH) on the growth inhibition of the macroalgae Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyta) upon the microalgae Heterosigma akashiwo (Rhaphidophyta). Experiments were conducted in single-factor incubation and various two-factor combination experiments in which temperature (10, 15, 25 and 30°C), salinity (10, 20, 30 and 40 g kg−1 water), irradiance (20, 100, 200 and 400 μmol m−2 s−1), and pH (5.5, 7, 8.5 and 10) were varied systematically. The growth rates of U. pertusa and H. akashiwo and the rate of microalgal growth inhibition were altered significantly by changing some of the non-nutrient factors in both the single-factor and the two-factor experiments. The optimal growth conditions for U. pertusa were 20–25°C, salinity of 30 g kg−1, irradiance level of 200–400 μmol m−2 s−1, and pH 8.5–10; optimal conditions for H. akashiwo growth were 25°C, 30 g kg−1, 100 μmol m−2 s−1 and pH 8.5, respectively. The growth inhibitory influence of U. pertusa on H. akashiwo was strongest at 25°C with low salinity (10 g kg−1), high irradiance (400 μmol m−2 s−1) and high alkalinity (pH = 10). The results of this study may be helpful in the development of methods for using green macroalgae to control the proliferation of microalgae in harmful algal blooms (HABs). In particular, these findings provide guidance regarding optimum levels of non-nutrient environmental factors in confined areas, such as aquaculture factories.

Keywords

Mitigation of harmful algal bloomallelopathyUlva pertusaHeterosigma akashiwo
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 5 , August 2016 , pp. 1041 - 1052
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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