Wang, Shasha; Weinberger, Florian; Lenz, Mark (2017): Experiment on Gracilaria vermiculophylla: monitoring of epibionts and assays with diatoms and ceramium from April to October 2015 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871582, Supplement to: Wang, S et al. (2018): Fluctuations in the strength of chemical antifouling defenses in a red macroalga in response to variations in epibiont colonization pressure. Marine Biology, 165(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3365-4
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Published: 2017-02-02 • DOI registered: 2018-11-23
Abstract:
Marine macroalgae in temperate regions are constantly exposed to colonization by fouling organisms, but the intensity of fouling fluctuates in time. We, therefore, hypothesized that a macroalgal species from these latitudes should be able to adjust its antifouling defense to the prevailing colonization pressure. To test this assumption, fouling pressure in the Western Baltic Sea as well as the activity of surface extracts gained from the non-native Gracilaria vermiculophylla against the diatom Stauroneis constricta and the filamentous alga Ceramium tenuicorne were assessed over one vegetation period on a monthly basis. We used two solvents with different polarities to extract chemical compounds from the alga. Both, hexane and dichloromethane (DCM) surface extracts, inhibited settlement of C. tenuicorne, while only hexane surface extracts deterred S. constricta. Furthermore, the activities of both extracts fluctuated on the scale of months and the fluctuations in the activity against C. tenuicorne, which were observed in DCM extracts, correlated with the intensity of fouling pressure that C. tenuicorne inflicted on G. vermiculophylla in the field. Thus, G. vermiculophylla appears to be able to adjust its antifouling defenses—at least partly—to fouling pressure.
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Latitude: 54.330130 * Longitude: 10.149660
Date/Time Start: 2015-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
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- Wang, S (2017): Experiment on Gracilaria vermiculophylla surface extracts: fouling bioassay with Ceramium tenuicorne. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871581
- Wang, S (2017): Experiment on Gracilaria vermiculophylla surface extracts: fouling bioassay with diatoms (Stauroneis constricta). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871575
- Wang, S (2017): Monitoring of epibionts present on Gracilaria vermiculophylla and PVC panels in the Kiel Fjord from April to October 2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871569