The stress tolerance ability of
Pelvetia canaliculata
(L.) Dcne. Et Thur. and
Fucus spiralis
L. to temporary and periodic emersion stress was examined in order to test the following hypotheses: The upper shore alga,
P. canaliculata
is more tolerant to desiccation than
F. spiralis
in the germling stage and the former outgrows the latter under desiccation stress;Germling stress tolerance of the two species is age-specific; Crowding of germlings protects them from desiccation, irrespective of the species involved. Germling growth of the two species was retarded with increasing exposure period and was age-specific, as they were air-exposed at an earlier stage. After 16 days, the length of
Pelvetia
germlings was similar between 2-day-old germlings (125-140 ㎛) and 7-day-old germlings (134-140 ㎛), which were air-exposed during the same period (0, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h) at the two different ages. However, Fucus germlings were significantly larger at 7-day-old germlings (211-277 ㎛) than at 2-day-old germlings (184-278 ㎛), especially in the treatments of 48 and 72 h. These results indicate that
Fuscus
grow faster than
Pelvetia
and that the growth response of germlings to temporary emersion stress is more sensitive in
Fucus
than that in Pelvetia. Growth of germlings of both species was reduced with increasing density under favorable growth conditions (submerged control and 6 h / 12 h exposure treatments) in the periodic air-exposed experiments using tidal tanks, but was enhanced under severe emersion stress conditions.
P.canaliculata
showed better growth at 6 h exposure treatment than that of the control, under continuous submergence,indicating that
Pelvetia
germlings require a periodic exposure period.
Fucus
germlings always grew faster than those of
Pelvetia
and did best in mixed cultures, whereas
Pelvetia
did least well when mixed with
Fucus
germlings. The adverse effects of
F. spiralis
on
P. canaliculata
were greater than those of
Pelvetia
cohorts. The outcome of interspecific competition between
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
gemlings was slightly altered by exposure period but not to such an extent as to change the outcome.
INTRODUCTION
One of the remarkable features in the intertidal environment is emersion and submersion of seaweeds by tidal cycles. Intertidal seaweeds commonly experience nutrient limitations as soon as they are exposed to air and suffer from desiccation (Brawley and Johnson 1991, Davison and Pearson 1996). Algal propagules are susceptible to stress and their physiological responses to emergence are clearly related to the subsequent distribution and abundance (Brawley and Johnson 1991, Vadas et al. 1992, Davison et al. 1993). Crowded germlings are able to survive under desiccation conditions that would normally kill well-spaced individuals. This phenomenon has been tested on the shore (Ang and De Wreede 1992, Andrew and Viejo 1998) and in simulated tidal regimes in the laboratory (Hruby and Norton 1979). Crowding negatively affects germling performance under favorable growth conditions whether they are in monoculture or mixed with another species (Reed et al. 1991, Creed et al. 1996, Choi and Norton 2005
a
, 2005
b
).
It is generally known that upper shore algae, both in the juvenile and adult stage, are better adapted to emersion stresses than the plants inhabiting the lower shore (Chapman 1995, Davison and Pearson 1996). One can reasonably speculates that germlings of the upper shore species may be more tolerant for the stress than those of lower shore algae, but this has not been experimentally tested. It is of particular interest how the physiological responses of germlings differ between species and whether the outcome of competition in mixtures of species is changed by the degree of the stress. There is evidence that the outcome of competition in mixtures of two species in the adult stage has been altered by temperature, irradiance and nutrient availability (Enright 1979, Fujita 1985, Peckol and Rivers 1995). A few interspecific competition studies have been conducted at the germling stages (Choi and Norton 2005
a
, 2005
b
).
Stress tolerance of seaweeds to emersion stress is also age-dependant (Brawley and Johnson 1991, Davison et al. 1993).
Silvetia compressa
[formerly
Pelvetia fastigiata
(J. Ag.) De Toni] showed better survival at 6-h-old- and 1-week-old-germlings than 12, and 48 h old germlings during natural emersion trials (Brawley and Johnson 1991). The emersion stress for the embryos and germlings of
S. compressa
resulted in the reduction of photosynthesis and rhizoid development (Davison et al. 1993). Thus, the growth of seaweed germlings is also a good indicator representing the emersion stress degree experienced and predicting the competitive interactions between species at different germling ages.
The vertical distribution pattern of fucoid algae is consistent on many rocky shores in northern Europe:
Pelvetia canaliculata
(L.) Dcne. Et Thur. at the very top of the shore followed by
Fucus spiralis
L.,
F. vesiculosus
L. and / or
Ascophyllum nodosum
(L.) Le Jolis with
F. serratus
L. at the lowest levels (Lewis 1964). On the shore, mixed stands of upper shore species,
P. canaliculata
and
F. spiralis
are occasionally found, even though their reproductive period are overlapped in summer (Knight and Parke 1950). These species are exposed periodically to air and emersion is an important stress, especially for
P. canaliculata
and
F. spiralis
. Thus,
P. canaliculata
and
F. spiralis
are suitable species to examine the effects of interactions between varying degrees of desiccation stress and the density of the two competitive species. We tested the following hypotheses: 1)
P. canaliculata
is more tolerant to desiccation than
F. spiralis
and the former outgrows the latter under desiccation stress. 2) Crowding of germlings protects them from desiccation, irrespective of the species involved.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Twenty fertile plants of both
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
were collected separately from Port St. Mary ledges (54
o
0' N, 4
o
44' W) on August 22, 1999. Receptacles were cut from the male and female plants, washed several times using filtered seawater, dried for 5 h, and submerged in filtered seawater to induce gamete release. After 1 h, the receptacles were removed and clean egg suspensions were prepared as described by Creed et al. (1996).
- Effects of desiccation on different age germlings
To create uniform settlement density, 5 mL of zygote suspension (60 zygotes mL
-1
) of each species was inoculated into two Petri dishes for each of six treatments (control, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h). Each dish contained eight glass slides cut to 2.5 × 2.0 cm and 30 mL of autoclaved seawater. After 2 days, 12 slides (from the 16 in each treatment) on which germlings were most evenly distributed were chosen; four were used to determine settlement density, and eight were used for the experiment. For the culture experiment, four replicate dishes were used, each containing six slides, one from each treatment, and 50 mL of culture medium (Kain and Jones 1964). Germlings were cultured at 10 ± 1ºC , 120 ㎛ol photons m
-2
s
-1
and a photoperiod of 16 h : 8 h LD. The culture medium was changed every 3 days.
The effects of germling age on their mortality and growth were examined after moving the slides with attached germlings from the culture dishes into a desiccation tank (33 × 22 × 21 cm) with a relative humidity of 70-90%. Germlings were moved to the desiccation tank after culturing germligs for 2- or 7-days in the dishes. After the desiccation period (6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h), the slides were returned into the culture dishes and cultured for 16 days. Control slides were continuously cultured in culture dishes.
Experimental design and intended (actual; mean ± standard error) density for competition experiments. F. spiralis Fucus spiralis;P. canaliculata Pelvetia canaliculata.
Settlement density was determined by counting the number of settled germlings within four 4 mm
2
areas on each slide. Settlement density of germlings was ca. 30 germlings cm
-2
. Frond lengths of 25 germlings were measured for each species and each slide. Germling mortality was estimated by counting 100 germlings on each slide after 16 days.
- Effects of density and periodic submergence in a tidal tank
Twenty fertile plants of
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
were collected separately from Port St. Mary ledges on 8th August 1999. For each species, four different zygote concentrations (10, 100, 600, and 1,500 zygotes mL
-1
) of each species were prepared. Each zygote suspension (5, 5, 10, and 20 mL) was inoculated into three Petri dishes for four different concentrations in order to make different settlement densities (
Table 1
). The Petri dish contained eight slides (2.5 × 2.0 cm) and 30 mL of filtered seawater. Mixtures were made by inoculating half zygote suspension volume for each species into the same Petri dish so that their combined density was similar to that of monoculture.
Preparation of settlement density
Preparation of settlement density
After 2 days, 20 slides (from the 24 in each density treatment) on which germlings were most evenly distributed were chosen: four were used for determining density and 16 for the experiment. For the culture experiment, four replicate tidal tanks were used, each containing 16 slides, four from each treatment. The four slides were placed on four steps each exposed to air for different periods (none, 6, 8, and 10 h / 12 h tidal cycle) in 4 tidal tanks see below. Thus, each step had twelve glass-slides (4 density × 3 proportion levels) as described in
Fig. 1
. Culture conditions were 10 ± 1ºC, 16 h : 8 h LD, 120 ㎛ol photons m
-2
s
-1
and the culture medium was not changed for a period of 16 days.
Settlement density of germlings was determined after setting up the experiment and the lengths and mortalities of germlings were measured after 16 days as described above. The mean settlement density of four replicates is shown in
Fig. 1
. There were significant differences in density (analysis of variance [ANOVA], p ≺ 0.05), but not between proportions of each species within a density.
Artificial tidal tanks (25 L) were prepared for periodic submergence experiment (
Fig. 2
). Four tanks were placed on a shelf in a culture-room and connected with two tanks each containing 125 L of culture medium. An aquarium pump (Aquaclear Power Head 400; Hagen, Germany) was placed in the reservoir tank from which seawater levels of the tidal tanks were gradually increased when the pump operated for 6 h twice per day (6-12 AM and 6-12 PM). An automatic timer was used to control water pump operation. Water level decreased gradually when the pump stopped and water drained out continuously at a rate of
Tidal tank system used in the laboratory experiment.
60 mL per minute through outlet pipes (
Fig. 2
). Thus, two tidal cycles per day were simulated in the tidal tanks.
A perspex “staircase” was placed on the bottom of each tank. The lowest of the five steps was submerged continuously and the duration of air exposure increased by increasing the step height (none, 4, 6, 8, and 10 h / 12 h tidal cycle). Relative humidity of tidal tanks was 70-90%.
- Statistical analyses
Data were analyzed using one-way and two-way ANOVA. Homogeneity of variances was tested by Cochran’s test. Where necessary, data were transformed before analysis to meet the assumptions of parametric tests (Sokal and Rohlf 1995). The significance of the differences between means was tested with the Tukey HSD test.
RESULTS
- Effects of desiccation on different age germlings
Sixteen days after settlement, the mortality of
F. spiralis
was 11-30% for 2-day-old germlings and 11-25% for 7-day-old germlings, respectively (
Fig. 3
). The mortality of
Fucus
germlings significantly increased with the emerged period but it was not significantly different between germling ages, even though the mortality of germlings was slightly decreased at 7-day-old germlings (
Table 2
). In
Pelvetia,
the mortality of germlings was 15-23% for 2-day-old germlings and was between 15-25% for 7-day-old germligs (
Fig. 3
).
P. canaliculata
mortality was minimal for the 12 h exposure treatment in 2-day-old germlings and at the 6 h exposure for 7-day-old germlings. It was not significantly different between germling ages (two-way ANOVA, F
1, 36
= 1.38, p = 0.25) and between emerged periods (two-way ANOVA, F
5, 36
= 2.39, p = 0.06). Furthermore, mortality was not significantly different between germlings of the two species (ANOVA, F
1, 94
= 0.02, p = 0.89).
Zygote diameter was 106.66 ± 11.28 μm (mean ± standard error, n = 60) for
P. canaliculata
and 77.58 ± 4.35 μm (n = 60) for
F. spiralis
. The growth of both species was retarded with increasing exposure period and as they were air-exposed at earlier stage (
Fig. 4
). After 16 days, the length of
Pelvetia
germlings was 125-140 μm for 2-day-old germlings and 134-140 μm for 7-day-old germlings. The length of
Fucus
germlings was ranged from 184 to 278 μm for 2-day-old germlings and between 211-277 μm for 7-day-old germlings. These data indicate that
Fuscus
grew faster than
Pelvetia
and that the effects of temporary exposure period and germling age emerged on the growth of germlings are more sensitive in
F. spiralis
than
P. canaliculata
.
Mean relative growth rate of
F. spiralis
was 0.070 day
-1
for 2-day-old and 0.072 day
-1
for 7-day-old germlings and that of
P. canaliculata
was 0.015 day
-1
for 2-day-old and 0.016 day
-1
for 7-day-old germlings. The relative growth rate of
F. spiralis
was much greater than that of
P. canaliculata
in all experimental treatments.
The relative growth rate was significantly greater when germlings were exposed to air after 7 days rather than after 2 days in
F. spiralis
(two-way ANOVA, F1, 36 = 11.76, p ≺ 0.01) but not for
P. canaliculata
(two-way ANOVA, F
1, 36
= 2.04, p = 0.16). With increasing air exposure, the relative growth rate decreased significantly in both species (
F. spiralis
: two-way ANOVA, F
5, 36
= 68.60, p ≺ 0.001 and
P. canaliculata
: two-way ANOVA, F
5, 36
= 11.60, p ≺ 0.001). A significant interaction between germling age and temporary exposure period with respect to the relative growth rate was found for both species (
F. spiralis
: two-way ANOVA, F
5, 36
= 3.51, p ≺ 0.05 and
P. canaliculata
: two-way ANOVA, F
5, 36
= 3.82, p ≺ 0.01). For
F. spiralis
, a Tukey test revealed that there were no significant differences in growth rate between the control and 6 h emergence, the 6 and 12 h, and the 12 and 48 h, but significant differences
Mean mortality of (A) Fucus spiralis and (B) Pelvetia canaliculata germlings grown under various exposure periods to air after 2 and 7 days. Bars show standard errors (n = 4 replicates).
Mean lengths of (A) Fucus spiralis and (B) Pelvetia canaliculata germlings grown under various exposure periods to air after 2 and 7 days. Note the different scales. Bars show standard errors (n = 4 replicates).
Results of ANOVA and Tukey HSD test for the effects of germling age and air exposure period on the mortality of Fucus spiralisNS, no significance; S, significance.
Results of ANOVA and Tukey HSD test for the effects of germling age and air exposure period on the mortality of Fucus spiralis NS, no significance; S, significance.
were found among the other treatments. Significant differences for
P. canaliculata
were observed between 72 h and the other treatments but not for the intermediate duration (Tukey test).
- Effects of density and periodic submergence in a tidal tank
Germling mortality was not significantly affected by the density of germlings or by the periodic exposure periods of the two species 16 days after settlement. Mortality was 8.3-15.6% for
F. spiralis
and 10.1-15.9% for
P. canaliculata
in the monocultures and mixed cultures.
In monoculture,
F. spiralis
grew significantly faster than
P. canaliculata
under all exposure periods and at the four different densities (one-way ANOVA, F
1, 126
= 298.44, p ≺ 0.001) (
Table 3
).
The growth of both species in monoculture was influenced by germling density and by periodic exposure period. After 16 days in culture, the mean lengths of germlings were 209-273 μm for
F. spiralis
and 159-227 μm for
P. canaliculata
. However, the effect of settlement density on germling growth varied with increasing periodic exposure period (
Table 3
). Settlement density and
F. spiralis
growth was negative in the control and 6 h treatment but positive at the 8 and 10 h exposure treatments. A negative density effect on
P. canaliculata
growth appeared at up to 8 h of exposure but growth was higher at a high density when germlings were exposed to air for more than 10 h. Due to such different density effects, germling growth was not significantly different between
F. spiralis
density levels (two-way ANOVA, F
3, 48
= 2.64, p = 0.06) but it was significantly higher in the control, and 6 and 8 h treatments than that in the 10 h treatment (two-way ANOVA, F
3, 48
= 55.36, p ≺ 0.001). Interactions between density and emerged period were found (two-way ANOVA, F
9, 48
= 17.72, p ≺ 0.001). The effects of density on
P. canaliculata
growth were not significantly different among density levels (F
3, 48
= 35.68, p ≺ 0.001) or exposure treatments (F
3, 48
= 107.68, p ≺ 0.001) but interactions were found (F
9, 48
= 9.20, p ≺0.001). Mean germling lengths were significantly different between all exposure treatments and were significantly greater at densities of 10 and 100 than at densities of 1,000 and 7,000 germlings (Tukey test).
In the mixtures, germling lengths were 240-282 μm for
F. spiralis
and 131-193 μm for
P. canaliculata
. Germling growth was significantly influenced by the periodic exposure period in
F. spiralis
(two-way ANOVA, F
3, 48
= 38.18, p ≺ 0.001) and in P. canaliculata (two-way ANOVA, F3, 48 = 5.44, p ≺ 0.01).
F. spiralis
grew better when exposed to air
Mean lengths of (A) Fucus spiralis and (B) Pelvetia canaliculata germlings grown at four different densities and emersion periods for 16 days in mixtures of plants. Note the different scales. Bars show standard errors (n = 4 replicates).
for 6 or 8 h compared to the control and 10 h treatments, and no significant difference was observed between the 6 and 8 h or between the control and 10 h treatments (Tukey test). Growth was significantly greater when
P. canaliculata
was grown under exposed conditions than under continuously submerged condition (Tukey test).
The density and growth relationship changed from negative to positive by increasing the duration of emergence (
Fig. 5
), resulting in no statistically significant influence of density on
F. spiralis
growth (two-way ANOVA, F
3, 48
= 1.04, p = 0.38). However, the effect of density on
P.
Mean lengths (μm ± SE n = 4 replicates) of Fucus spiralis and Pelvetia canaliculata grown in monoculture at various densities and periodic exposure timesSE, standard error.
Mean lengths (μm ± SE n = 4 replicates) of Fucus spiralis and Pelvetia canaliculata grown in monoculture at various densities and periodic exposure times SE, standard error.
Mean lengths of (A) Fucus spiralis and (B) Pelvetia canaliculata in monoculture and in mixed cultures. Germlings were cultured under four different emersion periods and densities for 16 days. Density data at each emersion period were pooled. Bars show standard errors (n = 4 replicates).
canaliculata
growth was significantly different (two-way ANOVA, F
3, 48
= 22.83, p ≺ 0.001). A multiple comparison revealed that
P. canaliculata
grew faster at lower densities than at a density of 7,000, but no differences were found at densities from 10 to 1,000 germlings cm
-2
.
The relative importance of intra- and interspecific competition was compared with respect to the growth of both species under the various emerged periods (
Fig. 6
). The mean lengths of the four densities within each treatment were pooled for the comparisons.
Fucus spiralis
grew significantly faster in mixtures than in monocultures (two-way ANOVA, F
1, 24
= 8.53, p ≺ 0.01), whereas
P. canaliculata
grew better in monoculture (two-way ANOVA, F
1, 24
= 5.11, p ≺ 0.05).
Over the range of density levels, germling growth was also significantly affected by duration of emergence for
F. spiralis
(two-way ANOVA F
3, 24
= 6.66, p ≺ 0.01) and for
P. canaliculata
(two-way ANOVA, F
3, 24
= 6.04, p ≺ 0.01). The growth of F. spiralis was significantly retarded at the 10 h exposure more than at any other treatment, and that of
P. canaliculata
was significantly highest at 6 h exposure in monoculture (Tukey test). Interestingly,
P. canaliculata
growth was higher in monoculture when the plants were grown in a submerged condition, whereas it was enhanced in mixtures exposed for 10 h.
DISCUSSION
Pelvetia canaliculata
well adapts to desiccation stress better than any other fucoids in the visible stage both on the shore and in the laboratory culture. After severe desiccation,
P. canaliculata
can survive well (Schonbeck and Norton 1980), take up nutrients (Hurd and Dring 1990), recover photosynthesis (Hurd and Dring 1991) and grow well (Strömgren 1977) better than other fucoids. Furthermore,
P. canaliculata
has volemitol, a carbohydrate that can be used during desiccation stress (Pfetzing et al. 2000). In the present study, germlings of the high-shore species,
P. canaliculata
exhibited a high tolerance to desiccation as shown in the adult plants (Schonbeck and Norton 1978, 1979, 1980). Although the superior drought tolerance of
P. canaliculata
compared to
F. spiralis
was tested, the mechanism was not examined.
P. canaliculata
zygotes are surrounded by mesochiton and thick cell walls, which are absent in
Fucus
spp. (Moss 1974, Hardy and Moss 1979). The mesochiton with amorphous mucilage is broken when rhizoids of zygotes differentiate, and
P. canaliculata
zygotes probably adapt well under desiccation stress. Whatever the mechanism, the different desiccation tolerance between germlings of the two species may determine their distribution and abundance on the shore.
Emersion stress inhibits photosynthesis and retards embryonic development, and the ability of
Silvetia compressa
(formerly
Pelvetia fastigiata
) germlings to withstand emersion stress increases with age (Brawley and Johnson 1991, Davison et al. 1993, Pearson et al. 2000). In the present study,
P. canaliculata
and
F. spiralis
grew less well when they were exposed to air after settlement for 2 days rather than 7 days. However, even if the exposure duration is the same, this result confirms that desiccation tolerance of germlings increased with age. These germling growth differences by germling age (2-day or 7-day-old) may result from the recovery period. For example, the ability of
Silvetia compressa
to recover from desiccation is greater in 7-day-old germlings than that in 8 h zygotes (Davison et al. 1993). The growth and mortality of germlings were influenced significantly by exposure duration even within the same exposure period. Thus, successful recruitment of the two high shore species,
P. canaliculata
and
F. spiralis
, may coincide with periods of cool or cloudy weather affecting exposure time of germling and with the spring or neap tides, which determine exposure duration.
Under emerged stress, crowded germlings survive well by mutual protection compared to germlings that are sparsely settled (Hruby and Norton 1979). The present results show that the survival of
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
germlings was higher at a high density than at a low density, indicating that crowding is a major means to survive under emersion stress in both species and that such mutual protection may operate irrespective of species. Both species grew faster when exposed to air for 6 h per tidal cycle (12 h) than when they were submerged in water. This result is not surprising because
P. canaliculata
adults show necrosis after prolonged submergence (Schonbeck and Norton 1979). Thus,
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
can inhabit high shore not only because they have ability to withstand emersion stress but also because protect themselves from the stress by crowding.
The outcome of interspecific competition between
F. spiralis
and
P. canaliculata
germlings was slightly altered by exposure period, but not to such an extent as to change the outcome. On the shore, there are many additional stressful factors (i.e., high temperature and irradiance). Thus, germling growth and survival are affected by the combined effects of such factors but we tested the effects of individual environmental factors separately. Clearly, this study has shown that the responses of germlings to environmental stresses are different between fucoid species but it would be premature to claim that such responses result in their distribution on the shore.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers. This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2009-013-C00045).
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