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SIMAZINE‐INDUCED INHIBITION IN PHOTOACCLIMATED POPULATIONS OF ANABAENA CIRCINALIS (CYANOPHYTA) 1
Author(s) -
Millie David F.,
Hersh C. Mark,
Dionigi Christopher P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00019.x
Subject(s) - simazine , biology , photosynthesis , photosystem ii , botany , oxygen evolution , chlorophyll , phycocyanin , cyanobacteria , horticulture , atrazine , ecology , bacteria , pesticide , chemistry , genetics , electrode , electrochemistry
The effects of the triazine herbicide, simazine, on photosynthetic oxygen evolution and growth rate in photoacclimated populations of Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst were investigated. Chemostat populations were acclimated to photon flux densities (PFDs) of 50, 130, and 230 μmol·m −2 ·s −1 of photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), Decreases in chlorophyll a ( Chl a). c‐phycocyanin (CPC), and total carotenoid (TCar) contents and CPC: Chl a and CPC: TCar ratios of populations coincided with increasing PFD, Polynomial regression models that characterize inhibition of photosynthesis for populations acclimated to 50 and 130 μmol photons·m −2 ·s −1 PAR were distinct from the model for populations acclimated to 230 μmol photons·m −2 ·s −1 PAR. Simazine concentrations that, depressed oxygen evolution 50% compared to controls decreased with increasing PFD. Increases and decreases in both biomass and growth rate coincided with increasing PFD and simazine concentration, respectively. Simazine concentrations that depressed growth rate 50% compared to controls increased with decreasing PFD. The differences in photosynthetic and growth inhibition among photoacclimated populations indicate that sensitivity to photosystem II inhibitors is affected by alterations in pigment contents.