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dc.contributor.authorBurdett, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorKeddie, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorMacArthur, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorMcDowall, Laurin
dc.contributor.authorMcLeish, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorSpielvogel, Eva
dc.contributor.authorHatton, Angela
dc.contributor.authorKamenos, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T15:01:01Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T15:01:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-20
dc.identifier.citationBurdett , H , Keddie , V , MacArthur , N , McDowall , L , McLeish , J , Spielvogel , E , Hatton , A & Kamenos , N 2014 , ' Dynamic photoinhibition exhibited by red coralline algae in the red sea ' , BMC Plant Biology , vol. 14 , 139 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-14-139en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2229
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 122588143
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 6abc7b7f-8db1-4c3c-aa8a-d9e7852dc1f3
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84901399414
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000336865300002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/4841
dc.descriptionThis research was funded by a Natural Environment Research Council Studentship (NE/H525303/1) and a Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Fellowship to HLB and a Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Government Fellowship (RES 48704/1) to NAK.en
dc.description.abstractBackground: Red coralline algae are critical components of tropical reef systems, and their success and development is, at least in part, dependent on photosynthesis. However, natural variability in the photosynthetic characteristics of red coralline algae is poorly understood. This study investigated diurnal variability in encrusting Porolithon sp. and free-living Lithophyllum kotschyanum. Measured parameters included: photosynthetic characteristics, pigment composition, thallus reflectance and intracellular concentrations of dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), an algal antioxidant that is derived from methionine, an indirect product of photosynthesis. L. kotschyanum thalli were characterised by a bleached topside and a pigmented underside. Results: Minimum saturation intensity and intracellular DMSP concentrations in Porolithon sp. were characterised by significant diurnal patterns in response to the high-light regime. A smaller diurnal pattern in minimum saturation intensity in the topside of L. kotschyanum was also evident. The overall reflectance of the topside of L. kotschyanum also exhibited a diurnal pattern, becoming increasingly reflective with increasing ambient irradiance. The underside of L. kotschyanum, which is shaded from ambient light exposure, exhibited a much smaller diurnal variability. Conclusions: This study highlights a number of dynamic photoinhibition strategies adopted by coralline algae, enabling them to tolerate, rather than be inhibited by, the naturally high irradiance of tropical reef systems; a factor that may become more important in the future under global change projections. In this context, this research has significant implications for tropical reef management planning and conservation monitoring, which, if natural variability is not taken into account, may become flawed. The information provided by this research may be used to inform future investigations into the contribution of coralline algae to reef accretion, ecosystem service provision and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Plant Biologyen
dc.rights© Burdett et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.subjectDimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP)en
dc.subjectPAM fluorometryen
dc.subjectMaerlen
dc.subjectRhodolithen
dc.subjectCoral reefen
dc.subjectCrustose coralline algae (CCA)en
dc.subjectPhotosynthesisen
dc.subjectPhotosynthetic pigmenten
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleDynamic photoinhibition exhibited by red coralline algae in the red seaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Earth and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-14-139
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/14/139en


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