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  • Phylogenetic congruence of ribosomal operon and plastid gene sequences for the Characeae with an emphasis on Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae)
    Phycologia, 2017
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Michele T. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Abstract: To clarify species diversity of Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae) and the relationship between Tolypella and other genera in Characeae, sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal operon were assembled for 18 individuals of Tolypella. These represented nine named species and two potentially new species from Australia, as well as 13 other taxa of Characeae. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on ribosomal gene sequences (18S, 5.8S and 28S) for Characeae and on ribosomal gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences (ribosomal genes + ITS1 + ITS2) for Tolypella. Analyses were also performed on the ribosomal gene and ITS sequences combined with plastid gene sequences (atpB, psbC and rbcL). Ribosomal gene sequences alone were conservative and their phylogenetic analyses resulted in topologies similar to a previously published plastid gene-based study but with less support and resolution. In contrast, ITS sequences showed greater variability and their addition resulted in greater resolution am...

  • Oospore dimensions and morphology in North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta).
    Journal of phycology, 2015
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characteristics of the oospores have been used to delimit sections and, in some cases, species in the genus Tolypella A. Braun. To test the utility of oospore characters for identifying North American species of Tolypella, we investigated oospores from field-collected and herbarium specimens. Oospore dimensions (length, width, and length to width ratio) and morphology (color, ridge number and shape, wall ornamentation, and basal impression number) were measured. Oospore dimensions were statistically analyzed and oospore morphology was studied with light and scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in length, width, and length to width ratios among most Tolypella species and populations but there was considerable overlap, which suggested that species identification based on oospore measurements alone is not wholly reliable. In addition, oospore morphology was not unique for every species.

  • Phylogeny of North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta) based on plastid DNA sequences with a description of Tolypella ramosissima sp. nov.
    Journal of phycology, 2014
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characeae (Charophyceae, Charophyta) contains two tribes with six genera: tribe Chareae with four genera and tribe Nitelleae, which includes Tolypella and Nitella. This paper uses molecular and morphological data to elucidate the phylogeny of Tolypella species in North America. In the most comprehensive taxonomic treatment of Characeae, 16 Tolypella species worldwide were subsumed into two species, T. intricata and T. nidifica, in two sections, Rothia and Tolypella respectively. It was further suggested that Tolypella might be a derived group within Nitella. In this investigation into species diversity and relationships in North American Tolypella, sequence data from the plastid genes atpB, psbC, and rbcL were assembled for a broad range of charophycean and land plant taxa. Molecular data were used in conjunction with morphology to test monophyly of the genus and species within it. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequence data showed that Characeae is monophyletic but that Nitelleae is paraphyletic with Tolypella sister to a monophyletic Nitella + Chareae. The results also supported the monophyly of Tolypella and the sections Rothia and Tolypella. Morphologically defined species were supported as clades with little or no DNA sequence differences. In addition, molecular data revealed several lineages and a new species (T. ramosissima sp. nov.), which suggests greater species diversity in Tolypella than previously recognized.

  • Phylogeny of extant genera in the family Characeae (Charales, Charophyceae) based on rbcL, sequences and morphology
    American Journal of Botany, 1996
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Mccourt, Micheline Guerlesquin, Kenneth G. Karol, Monique Feist
    Abstract:

    Extant genera of Characeae have been assigned to two tribes: Chareae (Chara, Lamprothamnium, Nitellopsis, and Lychnothamnus) and Nitelleae (Nitella and Tolypella), based on morphology of the thallus and reprod4ctive structures. Character analysis of fossil and extant oogonia suggest that Tolypella is polyphyletic, the genus comprising two sections, one in each of the two tribes. Eleven morphological characters and sequence data for the Rubisco large subunit (rbcL) were used to reconstruct the phylogeny of genera, including the two sections of Tolypella. Parsimony analysis of the rbcL data, with all positions and changes weighted equally, strongly supports the monophyly of the Characeae. The two Tolypella sections form a robust monophyletic group basal to the family. Transversion weighting yielded the same tree but with a paraphyletic Tolypella. The rbcL data strongly support monophyly of tribe Chareae but tribe Nitelleae is paraphyletjc. Parsimony analysis of morphological data produced one unrooted tree consistent with monophyly of the two tribes; on this tree the Tolypella sections were paraphyletic. Combining morphological with rbcL data did not change the results derived from rbcL sequenc9s alone. The rbcL data support the monophyly of the Characeae and Coleochaete, which together form a monophyletic sister group to embryophytes.

William Pérez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Phylogenetic congruence of ribosomal operon and plastid gene sequences for the Characeae with an emphasis on Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae)
    Phycologia, 2017
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Michele T. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Abstract: To clarify species diversity of Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae) and the relationship between Tolypella and other genera in Characeae, sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal operon were assembled for 18 individuals of Tolypella. These represented nine named species and two potentially new species from Australia, as well as 13 other taxa of Characeae. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on ribosomal gene sequences (18S, 5.8S and 28S) for Characeae and on ribosomal gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences (ribosomal genes + ITS1 + ITS2) for Tolypella. Analyses were also performed on the ribosomal gene and ITS sequences combined with plastid gene sequences (atpB, psbC and rbcL). Ribosomal gene sequences alone were conservative and their phylogenetic analyses resulted in topologies similar to a previously published plastid gene-based study but with less support and resolution. In contrast, ITS sequences showed greater variability and their addition resulted in greater resolution am...

  • Oospore dimensions and morphology in North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta).
    Journal of phycology, 2015
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characteristics of the oospores have been used to delimit sections and, in some cases, species in the genus Tolypella A. Braun. To test the utility of oospore characters for identifying North American species of Tolypella, we investigated oospores from field-collected and herbarium specimens. Oospore dimensions (length, width, and length to width ratio) and morphology (color, ridge number and shape, wall ornamentation, and basal impression number) were measured. Oospore dimensions were statistically analyzed and oospore morphology was studied with light and scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in length, width, and length to width ratios among most Tolypella species and populations but there was considerable overlap, which suggested that species identification based on oospore measurements alone is not wholly reliable. In addition, oospore morphology was not unique for every species.

  • Phylogeny of North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta) based on plastid DNA sequences with a description of Tolypella ramosissima sp. nov.
    Journal of phycology, 2014
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characeae (Charophyceae, Charophyta) contains two tribes with six genera: tribe Chareae with four genera and tribe Nitelleae, which includes Tolypella and Nitella. This paper uses molecular and morphological data to elucidate the phylogeny of Tolypella species in North America. In the most comprehensive taxonomic treatment of Characeae, 16 Tolypella species worldwide were subsumed into two species, T. intricata and T. nidifica, in two sections, Rothia and Tolypella respectively. It was further suggested that Tolypella might be a derived group within Nitella. In this investigation into species diversity and relationships in North American Tolypella, sequence data from the plastid genes atpB, psbC, and rbcL were assembled for a broad range of charophycean and land plant taxa. Molecular data were used in conjunction with morphology to test monophyly of the genus and species within it. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequence data showed that Characeae is monophyletic but that Nitelleae is paraphyletic with Tolypella sister to a monophyletic Nitella + Chareae. The results also supported the monophyly of Tolypella and the sections Rothia and Tolypella. Morphologically defined species were supported as clades with little or no DNA sequence differences. In addition, molecular data revealed several lineages and a new species (T. ramosissima sp. nov.), which suggests greater species diversity in Tolypella than previously recognized.

Richard M. Mccourt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Phylogenetic congruence of ribosomal operon and plastid gene sequences for the Characeae with an emphasis on Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae)
    Phycologia, 2017
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Michele T. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Abstract: To clarify species diversity of Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae) and the relationship between Tolypella and other genera in Characeae, sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal operon were assembled for 18 individuals of Tolypella. These represented nine named species and two potentially new species from Australia, as well as 13 other taxa of Characeae. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on ribosomal gene sequences (18S, 5.8S and 28S) for Characeae and on ribosomal gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences (ribosomal genes + ITS1 + ITS2) for Tolypella. Analyses were also performed on the ribosomal gene and ITS sequences combined with plastid gene sequences (atpB, psbC and rbcL). Ribosomal gene sequences alone were conservative and their phylogenetic analyses resulted in topologies similar to a previously published plastid gene-based study but with less support and resolution. In contrast, ITS sequences showed greater variability and their addition resulted in greater resolution am...

  • Oospore dimensions and morphology in North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta).
    Journal of phycology, 2015
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characteristics of the oospores have been used to delimit sections and, in some cases, species in the genus Tolypella A. Braun. To test the utility of oospore characters for identifying North American species of Tolypella, we investigated oospores from field-collected and herbarium specimens. Oospore dimensions (length, width, and length to width ratio) and morphology (color, ridge number and shape, wall ornamentation, and basal impression number) were measured. Oospore dimensions were statistically analyzed and oospore morphology was studied with light and scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in length, width, and length to width ratios among most Tolypella species and populations but there was considerable overlap, which suggested that species identification based on oospore measurements alone is not wholly reliable. In addition, oospore morphology was not unique for every species.

  • Phylogeny of North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta) based on plastid DNA sequences with a description of Tolypella ramosissima sp. nov.
    Journal of phycology, 2014
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characeae (Charophyceae, Charophyta) contains two tribes with six genera: tribe Chareae with four genera and tribe Nitelleae, which includes Tolypella and Nitella. This paper uses molecular and morphological data to elucidate the phylogeny of Tolypella species in North America. In the most comprehensive taxonomic treatment of Characeae, 16 Tolypella species worldwide were subsumed into two species, T. intricata and T. nidifica, in two sections, Rothia and Tolypella respectively. It was further suggested that Tolypella might be a derived group within Nitella. In this investigation into species diversity and relationships in North American Tolypella, sequence data from the plastid genes atpB, psbC, and rbcL were assembled for a broad range of charophycean and land plant taxa. Molecular data were used in conjunction with morphology to test monophyly of the genus and species within it. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequence data showed that Characeae is monophyletic but that Nitelleae is paraphyletic with Tolypella sister to a monophyletic Nitella + Chareae. The results also supported the monophyly of Tolypella and the sections Rothia and Tolypella. Morphologically defined species were supported as clades with little or no DNA sequence differences. In addition, molecular data revealed several lineages and a new species (T. ramosissima sp. nov.), which suggests greater species diversity in Tolypella than previously recognized.

  • Phylogeny of extant genera in the family Characeae (Charales, Charophyceae) based on rbcL, sequences and morphology
    American Journal of Botany, 1996
    Co-Authors: Richard M. Mccourt, Micheline Guerlesquin, Kenneth G. Karol, Monique Feist
    Abstract:

    Extant genera of Characeae have been assigned to two tribes: Chareae (Chara, Lamprothamnium, Nitellopsis, and Lychnothamnus) and Nitelleae (Nitella and Tolypella), based on morphology of the thallus and reprod4ctive structures. Character analysis of fossil and extant oogonia suggest that Tolypella is polyphyletic, the genus comprising two sections, one in each of the two tribes. Eleven morphological characters and sequence data for the Rubisco large subunit (rbcL) were used to reconstruct the phylogeny of genera, including the two sections of Tolypella. Parsimony analysis of the rbcL data, with all positions and changes weighted equally, strongly supports the monophyly of the Characeae. The two Tolypella sections form a robust monophyletic group basal to the family. Transversion weighting yielded the same tree but with a paraphyletic Tolypella. The rbcL data strongly support monophyly of tribe Chareae but tribe Nitelleae is paraphyletjc. Parsimony analysis of morphological data produced one unrooted tree consistent with monophyly of the two tribes; on this tree the Tolypella sections were paraphyletic. Combining morphological with rbcL data did not change the results derived from rbcL sequenc9s alone. The rbcL data support the monophyly of the Characeae and Coleochaete, which together form a monophyletic sister group to embryophytes.

John D. Hall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Phylogenetic congruence of ribosomal operon and plastid gene sequences for the Characeae with an emphasis on Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae)
    Phycologia, 2017
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Michele T. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Abstract: To clarify species diversity of Tolypella (Characeae, Charophyceae) and the relationship between Tolypella and other genera in Characeae, sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal operon were assembled for 18 individuals of Tolypella. These represented nine named species and two potentially new species from Australia, as well as 13 other taxa of Characeae. Phylogenetic analyses were performed on ribosomal gene sequences (18S, 5.8S and 28S) for Characeae and on ribosomal gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences (ribosomal genes + ITS1 + ITS2) for Tolypella. Analyses were also performed on the ribosomal gene and ITS sequences combined with plastid gene sequences (atpB, psbC and rbcL). Ribosomal gene sequences alone were conservative and their phylogenetic analyses resulted in topologies similar to a previously published plastid gene-based study but with less support and resolution. In contrast, ITS sequences showed greater variability and their addition resulted in greater resolution am...

  • Oospore dimensions and morphology in North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta).
    Journal of phycology, 2015
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characteristics of the oospores have been used to delimit sections and, in some cases, species in the genus Tolypella A. Braun. To test the utility of oospore characters for identifying North American species of Tolypella, we investigated oospores from field-collected and herbarium specimens. Oospore dimensions (length, width, and length to width ratio) and morphology (color, ridge number and shape, wall ornamentation, and basal impression number) were measured. Oospore dimensions were statistically analyzed and oospore morphology was studied with light and scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in length, width, and length to width ratios among most Tolypella species and populations but there was considerable overlap, which suggested that species identification based on oospore measurements alone is not wholly reliable. In addition, oospore morphology was not unique for every species.

  • Phylogeny of North American Tolypella (Charophyceae, Charophyta) based on plastid DNA sequences with a description of Tolypella ramosissima sp. nov.
    Journal of phycology, 2014
    Co-Authors: William Pérez, Richard M. Mccourt, John D. Hall, Kenneth G. Karol
    Abstract:

    Characeae (Charophyceae, Charophyta) contains two tribes with six genera: tribe Chareae with four genera and tribe Nitelleae, which includes Tolypella and Nitella. This paper uses molecular and morphological data to elucidate the phylogeny of Tolypella species in North America. In the most comprehensive taxonomic treatment of Characeae, 16 Tolypella species worldwide were subsumed into two species, T. intricata and T. nidifica, in two sections, Rothia and Tolypella respectively. It was further suggested that Tolypella might be a derived group within Nitella. In this investigation into species diversity and relationships in North American Tolypella, sequence data from the plastid genes atpB, psbC, and rbcL were assembled for a broad range of charophycean and land plant taxa. Molecular data were used in conjunction with morphology to test monophyly of the genus and species within it. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequence data showed that Characeae is monophyletic but that Nitelleae is paraphyletic with Tolypella sister to a monophyletic Nitella + Chareae. The results also supported the monophyly of Tolypella and the sections Rothia and Tolypella. Morphologically defined species were supported as clades with little or no DNA sequence differences. In addition, molecular data revealed several lineages and a new species (T. ramosissima sp. nov.), which suggests greater species diversity in Tolypella than previously recognized.

Soulié Märsche Ingeborg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Aproximación a las comunidades de carófitos que existieron en la Albufera de Valencia a partir del estudio de las oósporas del sedimento
    'Editorial CSIC', 2009
    Co-Authors: Rodrigo Alacreu, María Antonia, Alonso Guillén, José Luis, Cirujano Bracamonte Santos, Soulié Märsche Ingeborg
    Abstract:

    -Mª A. Rodrigo: Maria.A.Rodrigo@uv.esLas oósporas de carófitos y sus características (tamaño, forma, color, ornamentación de la pared, etc.) pueden persistir en los bancos de semillas del sedimento de ecosistemas acuáticos, y pueden ser utilizadas para identificar los diferentes táxones y obtener de este modo una aproximación a la composición florística de las comunidades de carófitos que colonizaron ambientes acuáticos en los que actualmente no existe vegetación acuática o se encuentra muy alterada. La Albufera de Valencia perdió hace muchos años las praderas de carófitos que cubrían sus fondos sin tener un estudio detallado de las mismas. Se han extraído diversos testigos de sedimento en tres puntos de esta laguna, se han caracterizado las oósporas y girogonitos encontrados y se ha estimado la densidad de oósporas-girogonitos en diferentes profundidades del sedimento. En total se han identificado 10 táxones, que corresponden: 6 al género Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera y Ch. tomentosa]; una especie de Nitella (N. hyalina); 2 de Tolypella (T. glomerata y T. hispanica), y una de Lamprothamnium (L. papulosum). Esta última, indicadora de la época en la que la laguna poseía una mayor salinidad, se encontró en las capas más profundas del sedimento. Se ha observado un aumento del número y de la diversidad de oósporas en capas más profundas del sedimento, lo que indica, por un lado, que la laguna atravesó distintas fases ecológicas (con importantes cambios de salinidad principalmente) y, por otro, que el proceso de eutrofización que padece la laguna durante al menos los últimos 45 años afectó progresivamente a la abundancia y diversidad de carófitos.Charophyte oospores and their features (size, shape, colour, outer wall ornamentation, etc.) are able to persist in seed banks of aquatic ecosystems. Thus, these characteristics can be used for taxonomic species identification, thereby providing knowledge about the specific composition of the charophyte community in a habitat that currently lacks, or has greatly altered, submerged vegetation. Several years ago, l’Albufera de València lost the charophyte meadows that covered the lake bottom in the past, which had never been studied in detail. Several sediment cores were extracted from the lagoon at three sites and the oospores and gyrogonites were isolated and characterized. The oospore/gyrogonite densities in the sediment layers were estimated. Ten different taxa have been identified: six belonging to genus Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera, Ch. tomentosa]; one Nitella species (N. hyalina), two Tolypella species (T. glomerata and T. hispanica) and one Lamprothamnium species (L. papulosum). The latter, which indicates the period when water salinity was high in the lagoon, was found in the deepest sediment layers. An increase in the oospore abundance and diversity was observed in line with sediment depth. This indicates, on the one hand, that the lagoon went through different ecological stages (with important changes in salinity, mainly) and, on the other hand, the eutrophication process that the lagoon has been undergoing for at least the last 45 years, has progressively affected the abundance and diversity of the charophyte community

  • Aproximación a las comunidades de carófitos que existieron en la Albufera de Valencia a partir del estudio de las oósporas del sedimento
    'Editorial CSIC', 2009
    Co-Authors: Rodrigo, María A., Cirujano Santos, Alonso Guillén, José Luis, Soulié Märsche Ingeborg
    Abstract:

    14 páginas, 8 figuras, 3 tablas.[ES] Las oósporas de carófitos y sus características (tamaño, forma, color, ornamentación de la pared, etc.) pueden persistir en los bancos de semillas del sedimento de ecosistemas acuáticos, y pueden ser utilizadas para identificar los diferentes táxones y obtener de este modo una aproximación a la composición florística de las comunidades de carófitos que colonizaron ambientes acuáticos en los que actualmente no existe vegetación acuática o se encuentra muy alterada. La Albufera de Valencia perdió hace muchos años las praderas de carófitos que cubrían sus fondos sin tener un estudio detallado de las mismas. Se han extraído diversos testigos de sedimento en tres puntos de esta laguna, se han caracterizado las oósporas y girogonitos encontrados y se ha estimado la densidad de oósporas-girogonitos en diferentes profundidades del sedimento. En total se han identificado 10 táxones, que corresponden: 6 al género Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera y Ch. tomentosa]; una especie de Nitella (N. hyalina); 2 de Tolypella (T. glomerata y T. hispanica), y una de Lamprothamnium (L. papulosum). Esta última, indicadora de la época en la que la laguna poseía una mayor salinidad, se encontró en las capas más profundas del sedimento. Se ha observado un aumento del número y de la diversidad de oósporas en capas más profundas del sedimento, lo que indica, por un lado, que la laguna atravesó distintas fases ecológicas (con importantes cambios de salinidad principalmente) y, por otro, que el proceso de eutrofización que padece la laguna durante al menos los últimos 45 años afectó progresivamente a la abundancia y diversidad de carófitos.[EN] Charophyte oospores and their features (size, shape, colour, outer wall ornamentation, etc.) are able to persist in seed banks of aquatic ecosystems. Thus, these characteristics can be used for taxonomic species identification, thereby providing knowledge about the specific composition of the charophyte community in a habitat that currently lacks, or has greatly altered, submerged vegetation. Several years ago, l’Albufera de València lost the charophyte meadows that covered the lake bottom in the past, which had never been studied in detail. Several sediment cores were extracted from the lagoon at three sites and the oospores and gyrogonites were isolated and characterized. The oospore/gyrogonite densities in the sediment layers were estimated. Ten different taxa have been identified: six belonging to genus Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera, Ch. tomentosa]; one Nitella species (N. hyalina), two Tolypella species (T. glomerata and T. hispanica) and one Lamprothamnium species (L. papulosum). The latter, which indicates the period when water salinity was high in the lagoon, was found in the deepest sediment layers. An increase in the oospore abundance and diversity was observed in line with sediment depth. This indicates, on the one hand, that the lagoon went through different ecological stages (with important changes in salinity, mainly) and, on the other hand, the eutrophication process that the lagoon has been undergoing for at least the last 45 years, has progressively affected the abundance and diversity of the charophyte community.Este trabajo ha sido financiado por el proyecto GV2007- 084 (Conselleria d’Empresa, Universitat i Ciència, D. Gral. d’Investigació i Transferència Tecnològica) otorgado a M.A. Rodrigo.Peer reviewe

  • Aproximación a las comunidades de carófitos que existieron en la Albufera de Valencia a partir del estudio de las oósporas del sedimento
    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC: Real Jardín Botánico, 2009
    Co-Authors: Rodrigo, María Antonia, Soulié Märsche Ingeborg, Alonso Guillén, José Luis, Cirujano Bracamonte, Santos María
    Abstract:

    Charophyte oospores and their features (size, shape, colour, outer wall ornamentation, etc.) are able to persist in seed banks of aquatic ecosystems. Thus, these characteristics can be used for taxonomic species identification, thereby providing knowledge about the specific composition of the charophyte community in a habitat that currently lacks, or has greatly altered, submerged vegetation. Several years ago, l�Albufera de València lost the charophyte meadows that covered the lake bottom in the past, which had never been studied in detail. Several sediment cores were extracted from the lagoon at three sites and the oospores and gyrogonites were isolated and characterized. The oospore/gyrogonite densities in the sediment layers were estimated. Ten different taxa have been identified: six belonging to genus Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera, Ch. tomentosa]; one Nitella species (N. hyalina), two Tolypella species (T. glomerata and T. hispanica) and one Lamprothamnium species (L. papulosum). The latter, which indicates the period when water salinity was high in the lagoon, was found in the deepest sediment layers. An increase in the oospore abundance and diversity was observed in line with sediment depth. This indicates, on the one hand, that the lagoon went through different ecological stages (with important changes in salinity, mainly) and, on the other hand, the eutrophication process that the lagoon has been undergoing for at least the last 45 years, has progressively affected the abundance and diversity of the charophyte community.Aproximación a las comunidades de carófitos que exis tieron en la Albufera de Valencia a partir del estudio de las oósporas del sedimento. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 66(2): 195-208. Las oósporas de carófitos y sus características (tamaño, forma, color, ornamentación de la pared, etc.) pueden persistir en los bancos de semillas del sedimento de ecosistemas acuáticos, y pueden ser utilizadas para identificar los diferentes táxones y obtener de este modo una aproximación a la composición florística de las comunidades de carófitos que colonizaron ambientes acuáticos en los que actualmente no existe vegetación acuática o se encuentra muy alterada. La Albufera de Valencia perdió hace muchos años las praderas de carófitos que cubrían sus fondos sin tener un estudio detallado de las mismas. Se han extraído diversos testigos de sedimento en tres puntos de esta laguna, se han caracterizado las oósporas y girogonitos encontrados y se ha estimado la densidad de oósporas-girogonitos en diferentes profundidades del sedimento. En total se han identificado 10 táxones, que corresponden: 6 al género Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida var. major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida var. baltica, Ch. aspera y Ch. tomentosa]; una especie de Nitella (N. hyalina); 2 de Tolypella (T. glomerata y T. hispanica), y una de Lamprothamnium (L. papulosum). Esta última, indicadora de la época en la que la laguna poseía una mayor salinidad, se encontró en las capas más profundas del sedimento. Se ha observado un aumento del número y de la diversidad de oósporas en capas más profundas del sedimento, lo que indica, por un lado, que la laguna atravesó distintas fases ecológicas (con importantes cambios de salinidad principalmente) y, por otro, que el proceso de eutrofización que padece la laguna durante al menos los últimos 45 años afectó progresivamente a la abundancia y diversidad de carófitos

  • Aproximación a las comunidades de carófitos que existieron en la Albufera de Valencia a partir del estudio de las oósporas del sedimento
    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2009
    Co-Authors: Soulié Märsche Ingeborg, Cirujano Santos, Alonso Guillén, José Luis, Rodrigo, María A.
    Abstract:

    Charophyte oospores and their features (size, shape, colour, outer wall ornamentation, etc.) are able to persist in seed banks of aquatic ecosystems. Thus, these characteristics can be used for taxonomic species identification, thereby providing knowledge about the specific composition of the charophyte community in a habitat that currently lacks, or has greatly altered, submerged vegetation. Several years ago, l’Albufera de València lost the charophyte meadows that covered the lake bottom in the past, which had never been studied in detail. Several sediment cores were extracted from the lagoon at three sites and the oospores and gyrogonites were isolated and characterized. The oospore/gyrogonite densities in the sediment layers were estimated. Ten different taxa have been identified: six belonging to genus <i>Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. Hispida</i> var. <i>major</i>, <i>Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. Hispida</i> var. <i>baltica, Ch. aspera, Ch. tomentosa]; one Nitella species (N. hyalina), two Tolypella</i> species (<i>T. glomerata and T. hispanica</i>) and one <i>Lamprothamnium</i> species (<i>L. papulosum</i>). The latter, which indicates the period when water salinity was high in the lagoon, was found in the deepest sediment layers. An increase in the oospore abundance and diversity was observed in line with sediment depth. This indicates, on the one hand, that the lagoon went through different ecological stages (with important changes in salinity, mainly) and, on the other hand, the eutrophication process that the lagoon has been undergoing for at least the last 45 years, has progressively affected the abundance and diversity of the charophyte community.<br><br>Las oósporas de carófitos y sus características (tamaño, forma, color, ornamentación de la pared, etc.) pueden persistir en los bancos de semillas del sedimento de ecosistemas acuáticos, y pueden ser utilizadas para identificar los diferentes táxones y obtener de este modo una aproximación a la composición florística de las comunidades de carófitos que colonizaron ambientes acuáticos en los que actualmente no existe vegetación acuática o se encuentra muy alterada. La Albufera de Valencia perdió hace muchos años las praderas de carófitos que cubrían sus fondos sin tener un estudio detallado de las mismas. Se han extraído diversos testigos de sedimento en tres puntos de esta laguna, se han caracterizado las oósporas y girogonitos encontrados y se ha estimado la densidad de oósporas-girogonitos en diferentes profundidades del sedimento. En total se han identificado 10 táxones, que corresponden: 6 al género <i>Chara [Ch. vulgaris, Ch. hispida </i>var. <i>major, Ch. fragilis (Ch. globularis), Ch. hispida</i> var. <i>baltica, Ch. aspera</i> y <i>Ch. tomentosa]</i>; una especie de <i>Nitella (N. hyalina)</i>; 2 de <i>Tolypella (T. glomerata</i> y <i>T. hispanica</i>), y una de <i>Lamprothamnium (L. papulosum</i>). Esta última, indicadora de la época en la que la laguna poseía una mayor salinidad, se encontró en las capas más profundas del sedimento. Se ha observado un aumento del número y de la diversidad de oósporas en capas más profundas del sedimento, lo que indica, por un lado, que la laguna atravesó distintas fases ecológicas (con importantes cambios de salinidad principalmente) y, por otro, que el proceso de eutrofización que padece la laguna durante al menos los últimos 45 años afectó progresivamente a la abundancia y diversidad de carófitos