Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 124-131.doi: 10.11978/2020154CSTR: 32234.14.2020154

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Interactions among Aureococcus anophagefferens, Skeletonema costatum, and Chattonella marina under different temperatures

ZHENG Chengzhi1,2(), ZUO Liming3(), MA Wang3, ZHU Qin3, WANG Huohuo3, LÜ Songhui1,2, CHEN Heng1,2, HUANG Kaixuan1,2()   

  1. 1. Research Center for Harmful Algae and Marine Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algae Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangzhou 510632, China
    3. Hebei Prospecting Institute of Hydro-engineering Geology, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
  • Received:2020-12-29 Revised:2021-02-09 Online:2021-05-10 Published:2021-02-10
  • Contact: HUANG Kaixuan E-mail:lambert@stu2018.jnu.edu.cn;zlmchina@126.com;babyblue02@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(41876173);Foundation of Department of Natural Resources of Heibei Province(454-0503-JBN-XCLS)

Abstract:

Mono-, bi-, and tri-algal cultures were applied to Aureococcus anophagefferens, Skeletonema costatum, and Chattonella marina under two temperatures of 20℃ and 25℃, to investigate species-specific interaction and competition in different temperatures. Single cultures showed the environmental carry capacity (K) for A. anophagefferens and S. costatum were significantly reduced by increased temperature, indicating they are sensitive to rising temperature. In contrast, the inherent growth rate (r) for C. marina significantly increased at 25℃ whereas K remained the same as that at 20℃. In contrast to the death under A. anophagefferens addition at 20℃, K of C. marina increased 120% at 25℃. Although r of S. costatum was promoted by C. marina addition at both temperatures, its K showed from 43% increase to 48% decrease from 20℃ to 25℃. The change of temperature did not influence the results of co-culture of S. costatum and A. anophagefferens with 40% increases and 60%-70% decreases of K at both temperatures. The results of bi-cultures indicated that interspecies competition is not only influenced by fixed interaction relationship of co-cultured species, but also by difference of algal temperature adaptability. In tri-algal cultures at 20℃, the inhibition rate of A. anophagefferens and the stimulation rate of S. costatum both reached the highest of 79% and 108%, respectively, which probably illuminated a synergistic effect within three algal interaction.

Key words: Aureococcus anophagefferens, Skeletonema costatum, Chattonella marina, interspecies competition, algae bloom, temperature

CLC Number: 

  • X55