Abstract
Undaria pinnatifida sporophytes, originating from the same strain, were cultured at the commercial cultivation site exposed to wave action and the uncultivated site protected from water action of Okirai Bay, Northeast Japan, from January to April 2007; simultaneously, water flow velocity, water temperature, salinity, NO3 + NO2, and chlorophyll a were monitored to investigate the effect of water environment on their growth and morphology. Water temperature and salinity fluctuated within the optimal range for their growth whereas water flow velocity at the cultivation site was greatly fast compared with that at the uncultivated site. Successive chlorophyll a increases synchronized with NO3 + NO2 decreases were observed only at the uncultivated site for over a month; indicating developments of phytoplankton blooms and their nutrient consumption under the low-flow condition. Meanwhile, blade growth rate of cultured sporophytes was higher at the cultivation site than at the uncultivated site. Their thallus size expressed by six morphological characters (blade length, stipe length, blade wet weight, stipe wet weight, blade width, and undivided blade width) at the cultivation site became large in comparison with that at the uncultivated site. Their three morphological correlations (correlations between blade length and thallus length; blade wet weight and thallus wet weight; and undivided blade width and blade width) differed between the sites. They produced a thick and flat blade at the cultivation site but formed a thin and wrinkled blade at the uncultivated site. These results show the significant impact of water flow velocity on their growth and morphology.
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We thank Susumu Owada for producing seedlings of U. pinnatifida at the Seedling Production Center of Hirota fishermen’s association. We also thank Hisataro Niinuma, Tomihiro Sagawa, Hitoshi Hashimoto, and the members of Okirai fishermen’s cooperative association for assistance in our field studies. This study was partly supported by a grant from the Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Nanba, N., Fujiwara, T., Kuwano, K. et al. Effect of water flow velocity on growth and morphology of cultured Undaria pinnatifida sporophytes (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in Okirai Bay on the Sanriku coast, Northeast Japan. J Appl Phycol 23, 1023–1030 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9635-2
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