Photoacclimation of Ulva rotundata (Chlorophyta) under natural irradiance

1989 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Henley ◽  
J. Ramus
Keyword(s):  
Natural Irradiance

Winter Survival and Growth of Chondrus crispus in Onshore Culture Tanks

1986 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Shacklock ◽  
James S. Craigie
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Stocking Density ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Winter Survival ◽  
Chondrus Crispus ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Net Production ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Reliable Methods ◽  
Natural Irradiance

Commercial aquaculture of Chondrus crispus in eastern Canada required the development of reliable methods for ensuring the winter survival of a healthy, vegetative inoculum. Two procedures were investigated. Agitated cultures of C. crispus (stocking density <6 kg∙m−2) in running seawater grew at average rates of 0.21–0.34 kg∙m−2∙wk−1 during two winters under natural irradiance. Cultures maintained in undisturbed, outdoor tanks of seawater over three winters showed little or no net production; however, survival was excellent provided that the stocking density remained below approximately 10 kg∙m−2. The plants were capable of resuming growth when environmental conditions improved. We found no difference in the responses of the several haploid and diploid isolates examined. Large vegetative inocula required for commercial aquaculture can be maintained simply and reliably in tanks of clean seawater if they are undisturbed and an ice cover is allowed to form.

scholarly journals Growth and Flowering of Zantedeschia elliottiana and Z. rehmannii in Response to Environmental Factors

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 925-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian E. Corr ◽  
Richard E. Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Growth Cycle ◽  
Day Length ◽  
Leaf Removal ◽  
Calla Lily ◽  
Second Growth ◽  
Short Days ◽  
Natural Irradiance

The influences of irradiance level, day length, temperature, and leaf area on growth and flowering of Zantedeschia elliottiana Engl. W. Wats (yellow calla lily) and Z. rehmannii (pink calla lily) were determined. Plants grown with 45% or 15% of natural irradiance were taller than those grown under full natural irradiance but flowered at the same time and produced a similar number of flowers. Leaf removal treatments had no effect on any characteristic measured. Plants grown with a night interruption (NI; 2200 hr to 0200 hr) were taller than those under short days (SD = 8 hours), but flowered at the same time and produced a similar number of flowers. Plants were grown with air at 15 or 20C in combination with medium temperatures at ambient level (1C less than air temperature) or a constant 20 or 25C. Z. rehmannii grown with the medium at 20 or 25C and air at 1.5 or 20C flowered faster and were taller than plants grown with air at 15C and with the medium at ambient temperature, but plants from all temperatures produced the same number of flowers over a 120-day cycle. When plants grown with a NI in the first cycle were replanted and grown through a second cycle, they were taller than plants grown from SD treatment first-cycle plants. No first growth-cycle treatment influenced flowering in the second growth cycle.

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