Orientador: Rafael Silva Oliveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T03:36:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bittencourt_PauloRobertodeLima_M.pdf: 1342116 bytes, checksum: cc6f4db33da585ea1481e6a395573774 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Matas nebulares montanas tropicais (MNMT) são ecossistemas frequentemente inundados por neblinas, o que influencia quase todos os aspectos de seu funcionamento. MNMTs são extremamente importantes devido aos serviços ecossistêmicos que provêm, principalmente hidrológicos, e devido a sua alta biodiversidade. Com mudanças climáticas e de uso de terra já acontencendo há urgência em compreender o funcionamento de MNMTs para o desenvolvimento de estratégias de conservação e restauração. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar e quantificar os efeitos da neblina no microclima e funcionamento foliar de MNMTs. Medimos a ocorrência de neblina, variáveis microclimáticas, parâmetros fotossintéticos e usamos uma nova metodologia para medir a capacidade de absorção foliar de água de cinco espécies abundantes de uma MNMT na região de Campos do Jordão, Brasil. Utilizamos esses dados para estimar os efeitos da neblina na disponibilidade hídrica, na demanda de água da atmosfera, na fotossíntese potencial, na absorção foliar de água e no balanço térmico foliar de MNMTs. A neblina teve um forte efeito no aumento da disponibilidade hídrica do solo e na redução da demanda atmosférica de água. A neblina apresentou um efeito negligível na redução da fotossíntese potencial das espécies estudadas. Nós apresentamos, pela primeira vez, estimativas do efeito da neblina no balanço térmico foliar mostrando que ela possui um importante papel em amenizar as temperaturas foliares médias durante o dia, reduzindo-as em 0.5oC por cada hora de ocorrência de neblina. Nós encontramos que a absorção foliar de água constituí uma fonte importante de água para as espécies estudadas, com a neblina noturna possuindo o potencial de reidratar as folhas de duas das espécies estudadas das suas condições mais secas até hidratação total em mais de 50% das noites. Diferenças na capacidade de absorção foliar de água das espécies estudadas sugere que a absorção foliar é um nicho importante de recursos com o potencial de selecionar características foliares relacionadas à eficiência de absorção foliar de água em espécies de MNMTs / Abstract: Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) are ecosystem with frequent fog immersion influencing almost all aspects of its functioning.TMCFs are extremely important both due to the ecosystem services it provides, particularly hydrologically, and because of its high biodiversity. With climate and land use changes already happening there is urgency on understanding TMCFs functioning to devise conservation and restoration strategies. The objective of this work is to analyze and quantify fog effects on the microclimate and leaf functioning of TMCFs. We measured fog occurrence, microclimatic variables, photosynthetic parameters and used a new methodology to measure foliar water uptake capacity of five abundant TMCFs tree species in the region of Campos do Jordão, Brazil, We used these data to estimate fog effects on water availability, atmospheric water demand, potential photosynthesis, leaf water uptake and leaf thermal balance of TMCF. Fog had a pronounced effect on increasing soil water availability and reducing atmospheric water demand. Fog had a negligible effect on reducing potential photosynthesis of the studied species. We provide for the first time estimates of fog effects on leaf thermal balance showing it has an important effect on buffering mean daytime leaf temperatures by reducing it 0.5oC for each hour of fog occurence. We found that foliar uptake of fog water constitutes an important water source for the studied species, with nocturnal fog having the potential to rehydrate leaves of two of the studied species from its driest conditions to fully rehydration more than 50% of the nights. Differences in foliar water uptake capacity in the studied species suggests leaf water uptake is an important resource niche with potential of selecting leaf water uptake related traits in TMCFs species / Mestrado / Ecologia / Mestre em Ecologia

Orientador: Rafael Silva Oliveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T02:34:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Saenz_GabrieldeCastroVasconcellos_M.pdf: 1680358 bytes, checksum: e07c02b1bf69916c6ca9ad87ac4a1b67 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Saturação hídrica do solo pode resultar em uma limitação na absorção de água, visto que a baixa difusão dos gases em solos alagados frequentemente geram condições de anóxia na rizosfera. Entretanto, espécies tolerantes ao alagamento possuem adaptações que permitem a permanência da condutância estomática e crescimento durante períodos de alagamento. Para avaliar como o alagamento afeta o uso da água em três espécies, monitoramos a dinâmica diária e sazonal do fluxo de seiva das árvores em uma restinga florestal do estado de São Paulo. Florestas de restinga ocorrem nas planícies arenosas do litoral e estão sujeitas ao alagamento devido à baixa profundidade do lençol freático. Utilizamos o método de razão de calor (HRM- Heat Ratio Method) para fazer medidas contínuas do fluxo de seiva. Também monitoramos continuamente o nível do lençol freático e o DPV (Déficit de Pressão de Vapor da folha para a atmosfera) próximo a copa das árvores. Observamos que o nível do lençol freático possui uma influência pequena na dinâmica sazonal do fluxo de seiva das espécies estudadas, indicando que estas espécies são tolerantes ao alagamento. Também relatamos a ocorrência de fluxo de seiva reverso (da copa para as raízes) durante a estação de menor precipitação, causada pela absorção de água através da copa. Durante este período, o ar estava saturado (baixo DPV) e o nível do lençol freático estava baixo, condições que podem ter causado um aumento no gradiente de potencial hídrico entre a folha e o solo. Nossos resultados sugerem que a transpiração das espécies estudadas não é restringida pelo alagamento e que a absorção de água pelas folhas possa ser um importante mecanismo de aquisição de água em períodos com menor disponibilidade de água no solo / Abstract: Soil water saturation may represent a limitation to plant water acquisition because low diffusion of gases in flooded soils causes anoxic conditions in the rhizosphere. However, flood-tolerant species have adaptations that may allow maintenance of stomatal conductance and growth during flooding periods. In order to evaluate how flooding affects the water use in three tree species, we monitored the daily and seasonal dynamics of sap flow of trees in a Restinga forest in São Paulo state, Brazil. Restinga forests occur over coastal sandplains and are subjected to seasonal flooding due to the rise of the water table level. We used the heat ratio method (HRM) to make continuous measurements of sap flow. We also monitored continuously the water table level and DPV (leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit) close to the tree crowns. We found that the water table level had minor influence on seasonal sap flow dynamics of the studied species, indicating that these species are all flood-tolerant species. We also reported sap flow reversals (from canopy to the roots) during the rainless season, caused by the absorption of water from the canopy. During this period, the air was saturated (low DPV) and the water table level was low, conditions that may have led to an increase of a leaf-to-soil water potential gradient. Our results suggest that transpiration of the studied species is not constrained by flooding and that leaf water uptake may be an important water-acquisition mechanism during periods of low soil water availability / Mestrado / Biologia Vegetal / Mestre em Biologia Vegetal

As non-vascular, early land plants with an aquatic ancestry, mosses do not regulate internal water conditions separate from that of their environment and as a result, evolved mechanisms to survive in a terrestrial world out of water. Yet, there is a widely accepted dogma that moss reproductive success is solely dependent on rainfall events carrying swimming, bi-flagellate sperm across the landscape to reproductively mature and receptive female mosses--but this classic view of moss reproduction may be too simplistic. In this dissertation I test the assumptions of reproductive limitation in mosses and present novel findings in a basal, yet understudied terrestrial plant mating system. I find evidence of environmental desiccation tolerance in moss sperm, thus offering the potential for stress-tolerant gametes on the landscape possibly suited for various transport vectors, reminiscent of a pollen grain. To investigate the broad evolutionary implications of this newfound complexity in moss sexual reproduction, I tested classic tenets of plant-pollinator theory on the ancient mosses and their ubiquitous microarthropod inhabitants. Experimental results show that mosses and microarthropods are engaged in a "pollination-like" syndrome guided by sex-specific volatile cues that differentially affect microarthropod behavior. These data indicate an existing complex mutualistic relationship and provides new evidence of sexually dimorphic investment by male and female mosses into reproductive success. Further, these data put forth the idea that female mosses challenge an inherent mate limitation by investing into reproductive assurance via maintaining a relationship with microarthropods. Experimental work further confirms a role for invertebrates in moss reproductive success and tests mutualism theory through ongoing experiments. Such experiments include an assessment of moss genetic diversity, paternity, and male fitness traits as it relates to mosses with or without the presence of microarthropods, thereby testing for fitness benefits gained by mosses possibly engaged in a transport mutualism with microarthropods. I further tested mutualism, community ecology and moss sexual reproduction concepts in extreme geothermal moss populations living at the edges of inhabitable Earth, and results show that even geothermal moss canopies are diverse and host differential and abundant life. In a first field test of mutualism I found that although extreme heat stress may constrain sexual reproduction in mosses, a correlation between within-population moss genetic diversity and microarthropod abundances exists. To further examine mosses in extreme environments, and how these environments may constrain sexual reproductive success, I evaluated the effects of simulated warming on Antarctic moss physiology and reproductive biology. Data indicates that simulated warming relieves mosses of physiological stress, and results in a greater investment into primary productivity and sexual reproduction. These data support the hypothesis that with less stress, sexual reproduction is increased. Mosses are an ideal system by which to understand organisms that exist in environments ranging from the mesic to the extreme, in the laboratory and the field and even in the classroom, where the small functioning ecosystem of mosses can be used for discovery-based biology education as described in the Mosscosms curriculum. This work contributes significantly to the field of bryophyte and plant biology by revealing novel insights into the biotic and abiotic drivers of sexual reproduction in mosses.

Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous avons utilisé deux modèles mathématiques complémentaires pour simuler le comportement futur des plantations de café sous conditions actuelles ainsi que sous changements climatiques (1979 -2100). Nous avons étudié leurs bilans de carbone, d'eau et d'énergie pour mieux comprendre et prévoir les effets des changements sur la production de café. Comparativement à une plantation en plein soleil, l'ajout d'arbres d'ombrage au dessus des caféiers pourrait permettre d'augmenter les rendements lorsque la température augmente. Cependant, les rendements en grain de caféiers à l'horizon 2100 sont prédits inférieurs aux rendements actuels quelle que soit l'espèce d'arbres d'ombrage ou sa gestion. / In this thesis, we used two complementary mathematical models to simulate the future behavior of coffee plantations under climate change (1979 - 2100). We studied their carbon, water, and energy balances to better understand and predict the effects of these changes on coffee production. The addition of shade trees above the coffee layer leadto higher yield compared to full sun management under increased temperature.However, coffee yield was predicted to decrease compared to current levels by 2100,whatever the shade tree species or management.

Chez la banane dessert, les saveurs sucrée et acide, caractéristiques importantes pour les consommateurs, sont pilotées par les teneurs en acides citrique et malique. Ce travail a donc porté sur l’étude des processus physiologiques qui pilotent l’accumulation de ces acides dans la pulpe de banane (Musa sp. AA) en combinant analyse expérimentale et modélisation écophysiologique. Nous nous sommes notamment intéressés à l’effet du génotype et des conditions de croissance du fruit en adoptant une approche intégrative liant les phases pré et post récolte.Les effets de la charge en fruit, de la fertilisation potassique, et du stade de récolte sur l’accumulation du citrate et du malate dans la pulpe ont été étudiés expérimentalement. La variabilité génotypique a été prise en compte en choisissant trois génotypes présentant des acidités contrastées à maturité. Des différences d’évolution des teneurs en acides, dues à des modifications métaboliques, ont été observées entre les génotypes pendant les phases pré et post récolte. Le stade de récolte a eu un effet significatif sur les teneurs en acides des fruits pendant la maturation post récolte. La charge en fruit et la fertilisation potassique n’en ont eu aucun. Des modèles écophysiologiques ont été développés pour prédire différents critères d’acidité de la banane en pré et post récolte. Le pH et l’acidité titrable ont été prédits par un modèle d’équilibres acido-basiques, la teneur en malate par un modèle de stockage vacuolaire, et la teneur en citrate par un modèle du cycle de Krebs. Ces modèles ont permis d’identifier les processus physiologiques clés qui pilotent l’acidité de la banane. Des paramètres génotypiques ont été identifiés liés à l’activité de l’enzyme malique mitochondriale et à celle des transporteurs mitochondriaux du malate pour le modèle citrate, et à l’activité des pompes à protons vacuolaire ATPases pour le modèle malate. Ces modèles ont également permis de disséquer l’effet des conditions de croissance du fruit sur l’acidité de la banane. L’intégration des modèles développés dans un modèle d’élaboration de l’acidité et son utilisation potentielle pour l’amélioration variétale sont discutées. / Citric and malic acids determine the sourness and sweetness of banana pulp, which are the two main determinants of consumer preferences. The present work focused on the physiological processes controlling the accumulation of citric and malic acids in banana pulp (Musa sp. AA) using experimental analysis and ecophysiological modeling. We chose an integrative approach linking the pre and post-harvest stages, and focused on the effect of genotype and fruit growing conditions. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of fruit load, potassium fertilization and fruit age at harvest on the accumulation of citrate and malate in banana pulp. To account for genotypic variability, three genotypes with contrasting acidity at the eating stage were studied. Major differences in the pattern of citrate and malate accumulation were found in the three cultivars both during growth and post-harvest ripening and were shown to be the result of metabolic changes. The harvest stage had a significant effect on the concentrations of acids during post-harvest ripening. Fruit load and potassium fertilization had no effect.Ecophysiological models were developed to predict several banana acidity criteria during the pre and post harvest stages. pH and titratable acidity were predicted by a model of acid-base reactions; malate content by a model of vacuolar storage; and citrate content by a model of the TCA cycle. These models led to the identification of the key physiological processes that control banana acidity. Genotypic parameters were identified, which were related to the activity of the mitochondrial malic enzyme and of the malate mitochondrial carriers in the citrate model, as well as to the activity of the vacuolar proton pump, ATPase, in the malate model. The two models were also used to analyze the effects of fruit growth conditions on banana acidity.Combining the three models in a global model of banana acidity, and the possible use of this model for varietal improvement are discussed.

Le commerce mondial et les mouvements humains accroissent les probabilités de transport à longue distance de propagules, et leur introduction dans de nouvelles aires géographiques. Dans certains cas, des espèces récemment établies peuvent devenir dominantes dans la communauté envahie. Malgré les menaces sur les communautés natives et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes, les invasions biologiques constituent des expériences naturelles qui permettent d’étudier les processus éco-évolutifs en temps réel, notamment l’impact de nouvelles interactions biotiques sur la composition et la dynamique des communautés, l’adaptation rapide à de nouvelles conditions environnementales, ou la dispersion en limite de répartition. Les îles océaniques sont particulièrement sensibles aux invasions biologiques en raison de la faible diversité de leurs communautés natives. Dans les terres australes françaises, le carabique marcheur Merizodus soledadinus, natif de Patagonie, a été accidentellement introduit à Kerguelen en 1913. La présente étude vise à comprendre les principaux mécanismes à l’origine du succès invasif de cet insecte aux Iles Kerguelen. Un large ensemble de méthodes ont été utilisée pour explorer les traits écologiques de M. soledadinus, des populations à la molécule. Les analyses génétiques confortent l’hypothèse historique d’un unique évènement d’introduction dans un seul site des Iles Kerguelen. Les populations échantillonnées le long du gradient d’invasion ne montrent pas de structuration génétique. Les traits phénotypiques mesurés montrent une forte différentiation entre les individus selon le temps de résidence des populations, confirmant l’hypothèse de tri spatial des populations au cours de l’expansion géographique. Nous avons démontré que l’expansion géographique et la sélection d’habitats par M. soledadinus est principalement gouvernée par la disponibilité en eau, comme le suggère par la forte sensibilité des adultes au stress hydrique. En parallèle, la colonisation d’habitats en altitude dépend des conditions thermiques, qui semblent être contraignantes pour cet insecte à partir de 200m d’altitude. La colonisation d’habitats d’altitude progresse pourtant, probablement assistée par le changement climatique. Pour finir, les adultes M. soledadinus sont longévifs et actifs toute l’année. Les connaissances apportées sur l’écologie de M. soledadinus et sur la dynamique de son expansion géographique suggèrent la poursuite de la colonisation de l’archipel par ce prédateur. L’ensemble de ces connaissances pourraient être utiles à la paramétrisation d’un modèle d’expansion géographique, qui permettrait de définir les routes de dispersion et les taux d’expansion, dans l’objectif d’assister les mesures de gestion par les agents de la Réserve naturelle des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises. / Global trade and human movements increase the likelihood of long-distance transportation of propagules and their subsequent introduction into new geographic regions. In some instances, newly established species can become dominant in invaded communities, at the expense of native species. Besides threatening invaded communities and ecosystem functions, biological invasions constitute natural experiments that allow to study eco-evolutionary processes in real time, including the occurrence of new biotic interactions affecting community composition, rapid adaptation to novel environmental conditions, or dispersal evolution at range margins. Because of their impoverished native communities, oceanic islands’ ecosystems are particularly sensitive to biological invasions, and the French subantarctic islands are no exception. For instance, the flightless predatory carabid beetle Merizodus soledadinus is native from the southern tip of South America, and has been accidentally introduced to the Kerguelen Islands in 1913. In the present work, we aimed at understanding the main mechanisms underlying the invasive success of this insect at the Kerguelen Islands. Using a vast array of methodologies, ecological features of M. soledadinus were investigated with analytical procedures scaling from population to molecule through the individual level. Genetic investigations support the historically-based hypothesis of a single introduction event at a unique location of the Kerguelen Islands. No genetic structure was observed among individuals sampled from different populations along the invasion gradient. We tested the hypothesis of spatial sorting of populations during range expansion, by exploring phenotypic changes among individuals sampled along the invasion gradient. The measured phenotypic traits revealed major differentiation of adults according to the residence time of their populations, confirming the occurrence of spatial sorting of populations during geographic expansion. We also demonstrated that the geographic expansion of M. soledadinus, and microhabitat selection, are primarily governed by the availability of water resources, as suggested by the high sensitivity to water stress of adults of this ground beetle. In parallel, colonisation of altitudinal habitats is governed by thermal conditions, which seem to be physiologically constraining from 200m asl onwards. As the altitudinal distribution of M. soledadinus still extends, we concluded that ongoing climatic changes play a pivotal role in this expansion. Finally, adults of this ground beetle are long-lived and active year-round. The ecological knowledge of M. soledadinus characteristics and spatial expansion dynamics suggest that the colonisation process of the Kerguelen archipelago by this species will continue. Altogether, these data could be used for parametrising range expansion models that would delineate dispersal pathways and expansion rates, in the objective to assist stakeholders’ management decisions.

The ecophysiology of the red alga Gelidium pristoides (Turner) Kuetzing was investigated in an effort to establish a technique for commercial cultivation. The seaweed is of commercial importance in South Africa where it is harvested from the intertidal zone rocky shores along the coast. It is dried and exported abroad for the extraction of agar. Yields and quality could be improved by cultivation in commercial systems. However, attempts at growing the seaweed in experimental systems have all ended in failure. This study aimed to describe the conditions in which the seaweed grows naturally; and investigate its physiological response to selected physical conditions in the laboratory in order to determine suitable conditions for mariculture. Ecological studies showed that G. pristoides grew above the spring low tide water level. The upper limit of the seaweed’s vertical distribution range, as well as its abundance, was largely dependent on wave exposure. The zone normally inhabited by G. pristoides was dominated by coralline turf in sheltered areas, while the abundance of G. pristoides increased towards more exposed rocky shore sites. The seaweed occurred among species such as Pattelid limpets and barnacles, but was usually the dominant macroalga in this zone, with coralline turf and encrusting algae being the only others. Physical conditions in the part of the intertidal zone inhabited by G. pristoides were highly variable. During low tide temperatures could vary by as much as 10°C within the three hours between tidal inundation of the seaweed population, while salinity varied by up to 9 ppt, and light intensity by as much as 800 μmol m-2 s-1. During these exposure periods the seaweed suffered up to 20% moisture loss. Laboratory experiments on the seaweed’s response to these conditions indicated that it was well adapted to such fluctuations. It had a broad salinity (20 and 40 ppt), and temperature tolerance range (18 to 24°C), with an o ptimum of temperature of 21°C for photosynthesis, while there was no difference in the photosynthetic rate of the alga within the 20 to 40 ppt salinity range. The alga had a low saturating irradiance (ca. 45 – 80 μmol m-2 s-1) equipping it well for photosynthesis in turbulent environments, with high light attenuation, but poorly to unattenuated light conditions. Exposure resulted in an initial increase in photosynthetic rate followed by a gradual decrease thereafter. pH drift experiments showed that low seawater pH, and associated increased carbon dioxide availability, resulted in an increase in photosynthetic rate. This response suggests that the seaweed has a high affinity for carbon dioxide, while the reduction in photosynthetic rate in response to bicarbonate use inhibition indicates that it also has the capacity for bicarbonate use. The high affinity of Gelidium pristoides for carbon dioxide as an inorganic carbon source appears to be the primary reason for the low abundance of the alga on sheltered rocky shore areas, and also explains the failure of the alga to grow in tank or open-water mariculture systems. Exposed rocky shores have experience heavy wave action, and the resultant aeration and mixing of nearshore waters increases the availability of carbon dioxide, which is considered a limiting resource. The absence of such mixing and aeration at sheltered site makes this less suitable habitat for G. pristoides. Periodic exposure also makes high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide available from which the seaweed benefits. The traditional mariculture systems in which attempts have been made to cultivate the seaweed failed to satisfy either of the above conditions.

Le phosphore (P) est un élément indispensable pour la croissance des plantes. De nombreux travaux montrent des réponses très précoces à une limitation de la disponibilité en P. Pendant la germination et la croissance juvénile, la demande en P des plantules peut être satisfaite par la remobilisation des réserves en P des graines et le prélèvement racinaire. Les objectifs de la thèse sont d’étudier la contribution respective de la remobilisation des réserves en P des graines et du prélèvement racinaire de P à l’alimentation en P des plantules de maïs, et les interactions entre ces deux processus. Différentes expériences ont été conduites pour i) étudier les cinétiques de la remobilisation des réserves en P des graines, ii) identifier précisément le début du prélèvement de P exogène par les racines, iii) quantifier la contribution relative de ces flux à l’alimentation en P de la plantule, iv) comprendre les interactions entre ces flux. Des graines riches et des graines pauvres en P on été cultivées à différents niveaux de disponibilités P exogènes pendant quatre semaines. Le traçage isotopique du P exogène (32P) a été utilisé pour quantifier le flux de prélèvement et calculer le flux de remobilisation du P des graines. Initialement, 86% du P sous forme phytate et 13% du C de la graine est localisé dans le scutellum indépendamment du niveau de richesse en P de la graine. 4 jours après le semis, 98% des phytates des graines sont hydrolysés. La cinétique d’hydrolyse des phytates est indépendante de la richesse en P des graines et de la disponibilité en P dans le milieu. Le P issu de l’hydrolyse des phytates est stocké temporairement dans la graine avant d’être transporté vers les organes en croissance de la plantule. Le prélèvement de P exogène commence dès l’émergence de la radicule (4ième jour) et dépend de la disponibilité en P dans le milieu. L’initiation du prélèvement et son intensité ne dépend pas du flux de remobilisation des réserves en P de la graine. Le P issu de la remobilisation et du prélèvement est distribué dans les mêmes proportions entre les parties ariennes et racinaires. Un bilan de P à l’échelle de la plantule entière et de la graine a permis de mettre en évidence un efflux de P depuis la graine vers l’extérieur pendant la phase d’hydrolyse des phytates. La modélisation des flux de P pendant la germination et la croissance précoce permet de rendre compte des observations sous l’hypothèse d’absence d’interaction entre les flux de remobilisation et de prélèvement de P bien que ces deux processus se chevauchent dans le temps. Nos résultats démontrent l’importance de la disponibilité locale en P dans le milieu pendant les stades précoces indépendamment du niveau de richesse en P des graines. / Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth. Many studies have shown a very early seedling response to the limitation on the availability of P. During germination and early growth, the seedling P demand may be satisfied by the remobilization of seed P reserves and exogenous P uptake by developing roots. The objective of the thesis was to study the relative contribution of remobilization of seed P reserves, the exogenous P uptake by seedling roots and the interaction between these two processes. Various experiments were conducted to i) study the kinetics of the remobilization of seed P reserves, ii) identify precisely the beginning of exogenous P uptake by seedling roots, iii) quantify the relative contribution P fluxes in developing seedlings and iv) the interaction between these two P fluxes. Seeds with low and high P reserves were cultivated at different levels of exogenous P availability for the growth period of four weeks. The exogenous P was labelled with radioactive P (32P) to identify and quantify the P flux in young seedlings coming from exogenous P uptake and seed P reserves remobilization. Initially, 86% of P in the form of phytate and 13% C of seed reserves is localised in scutellum regardless of P initial seed P reserves. Four days after germination, 98% of seed phytate reserves are hydrolyzed. The kinetics of seed phytate hydrolysis was independent of seed P reserves and exogenous P availability. The hydrolyzed forms of phytate were temporarily stored in the seed before being translocated towards newly growing seedling compartments. The exogenous P uptake started soon after the radicle emergence (4th day) and depend mainly on the availability of exogenous P in the growth medium. The beginning of exogenous P uptake and its intensity was not influenced by the seed P reserves remobilization. The proportion of distribution of remobilized seed P reserves and the exogenous P uptake was similar among seedling shoot and roots. The whole seed and seedling P budget showed the significant P losses from germinating seeds by P efflux with the beginning of phytate hydrolysis in seeds. We proposed a model for the seed P remobilization and exogenous P uptake during germination and early growth. Assuming no interaction between seed P reserves remobilization and exogenous P uptake, the simulations were found to be in close agreement with experimental data. Our results showed the importance of exogenous P availability in growth medium during early growth stages regardless of seed P reserves.

Evaluer l'effet du climat sur la croissance des arbres forestiers, et notamment leur capacité de production de biomasse en situation de contrainte hydrique, passe par la quantification du niveau de plasticité phénotypique des individus et de la diversité génétique des populations au sein de l'espèce étudiée. Le pin maritime, plante pérenne d'intérêt économique majeur en Aquitaine, largement étudiée au niveau génétique et écophysiologique, est un excellent modèle biologique pour mener à bien ce type d'étude. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous avons étudié la variabilité phénotypique de nombreux caractères liés à la croissance du pin maritime au jeune âge, en fonction de contraintes abiotiques essentiellement liées à la disponibilité en eau. Nous avons par ailleurs documenté l'architecture génétique de ces traits en termes de nombre, position sur une carte génétique et effet des gènes majeurs (QTL) qui contrôlent une partie de cette variabilité phénotypique.Dans le cadre de travaux de cette thèse, nous avons utilisé deux dispositifs expérimentaux: l'un composé de trois familles F1 issues de croisements contrôlés de parents d'origines géographiques contrastées (Corse, Landes et Maroc), l'autre d'une famille F2 issue de l'autofécondation d'un hybride Corse x Landes. Le premier essai comprenait 1500 individus semés en 2007 sur lesquels la hauteur et le diamètre ont été mesurés annuellement de 2010 à 2014. Nous avons également noté l'évolution de la phénologie du débourrement apical pendant deux années consécutives (2012 et 2013). Enfin, la dynamique de la croissance radiale de 239 génotypes (répartis sur deux des trois familles) a été suivie en continu pendant trois années (2011-2013) grâce à un dispositif unique de capteurs de déplacement continu (microdendromètres). Le second essai comprenait 500 arbres semés en 1998 et dont le carottage au niveau du tronc début 2011 a permis d’établir le profil microdensitométrique sur 7 années consécutives (2004-2010). En parallèle, le génotypage des descendants des 4 croisements a été réalisé grâce à l'aide de biopuces à ADN, ce qui a permis de construire des cartes génétiques. L'analyse conjointe de l'information phénotypique et génotypique a permis d'identifier des QTL pour l'ensemble des caractères et d'étudier leur stabilité en fonction des conditions environnementales et du fond génétique.Cette étude a montré que le débourrement est variable en années en fonction des contraintes de températures et du fond génétique. Tout comme la croissance primaire et secondaire, le débourrement est contrôlé par de nombreux QTL à effets modérés qui varient en fonction de l’environnement climatique et du fond génétique. Le suivi de la dynamique saisonnière de la formation du bois a également montré une interaction QTL x environnement révélant que la densité du bois est régulée par différents gènes ou le même jeu de gènes régulé de façon différentielle en fonction du climat. Enfin, La dernière partie de cette étude a permis de mettre en évidence, pour la première fois, la variabilité intra-spécifique des fluctuations journalières du tronc et son interaction avec des variables environnementales. [...] / Evaluating the impact of climate change on current plantations supposes the evaluation of their phenotypic plasticity and their genotypic diversity within the species, under abiotic pressure. Maritime pine is a perennial species of major economical interest in the french Aquitaine region. Wildly studied genetically and ecophysiologically, maritime pine is a very good biological model to see that type of study to the end. In this thesis, we intend to study various traits related to maritime pine growth under a biotic constraints, according to the following approaches: (1) evalutation of the phenotypic variability and (2)dissection of the genetic architecture of the traits (number, location and effects of QTLs). The comparisonbetween envrionmental and phenotypic data will allow us to appreciate the phenotypic pasticity of individuals. Afterwards, studying the genetic architecture of these traits and its variability according to the genetic background of individuals and environmental conditions will allow us to assess the stability ofdetected QTLs.We used 4 progenies of maritime pines: 3 controlled crosses of parents originated from contrasted ecotypes (Corsica, Landes and Morocco) and 1 controlled cross from a second generation of self-pollination (F2). Micro-cores were extracted from the individuals of the F2 population andmicrodensity profiles were established trough 7 consecutive years. Total height and diameter of eachindividual were measured once a year on the 3 others crosses, from 2010 to 2014. Dynamics of apical budburst was also followed on the same individuals in 2012 and 2013. Finally, dynamics of radial growth were monitored on a sub-sample of 239 individuals (spread in 2 of the 3 controlled crosses) during 3 yearsthanks to a unique device of microdendrometers.At the same time, all individuals (form the 4 crosses) were genotyped with several DNA bioarraysof molecular markers, allowing the building of genetic maps. The confrontation of phenotypic and genotypic data enabled to identify genome are as involved in the genetic architecture behind the traitsand to study their stability according to environmental conditions and the genetic background of individuals.This study showed that bud burst varies from year to year, depending on the conditions oftemperature and of the genetic background of individuals. Same way as growth, bud burst is controlled bymany QTLs of moderate effect, varying according to climatic conditions and the genetic background of individuals. The monitoring of seasonal dynamics of wood formation also showed a QTL x environment interaction revealing that wood density is regulated by different genes or the same set of genes,differentially regulated in response to the climate. The last part of the study puts forwards, for the firsttime, the variability of radius daily fluctuations within a full-sib family and its interaction with environmental variables. [...]

Les crevettes Palaemonidae sont issues d'un clade ancestral marin, qui a montré une tendance évolutive remarquable à s'adapter à des conditions non-marines, envahissant avec succès les milieux estuariens et limniques. Adulte, Macrobrachium amazonicum (A) est une espèce d'eau douce (ED) avec une stratégie d'exportation vers les estuaires des larves qui ont besoin d'eau salée pour se développer. Des populations se sont trouvées au cours du temps isolées en ED ; elles ont récemment été décrites comme une nouvelle espèce, M. pantanalense (P), qui a acquis au cours de son évolution la capacité d'effectuer tout son cycle en ED, grâce à l'acquisition de l'hyper-osmorégulation en ED dès l'éclosion, et en perdant l'hypo-osmorégulation en eau salée. Ces deux espèces représentent un bon modèle pour la reconstruction des transitions évolutives des crevettes de l'eau salée à l'ED. L'objectif de ce travail est de comprendre les différences liées à l'adaptation physiologique et moléculaire à l'ED et donc à l'osmorégulation entre les deux espèces au cours de l'ontogénèse. Pour cela nous avons étudié l'ontogenèse comparative des organes osmorégulateurs, en particulier de la cavité branchiale, et la localisation et expression de différents transporteurs ioniques. Au niveau structural, aux stades larvaires, P a un développement branchial plus précoce que A. La Na+/K+ ATPase (NKA) a été essentiellement immunolocalisée au niveau des branchies chez P et au niveau des branchiostégites chez A aux mêmes stades larvaires. Ceci suggère que la forte capacité d'hypo-osmorégulation durant l'ontogenèse de A est liée aux transports ioniques dans les branchiostegites, alors que les lamelles branchiales ne sont pas complètement développées. Sur le plan ultrastructural, les lamelles branchiales des deux espèces comportent deux types de cellules associées, les cellules septales et les cellules piliers qui toutes deux présentent des caractéristiques d'ionocytes. Une différentiation ultrastructurale a été observée au niveau des cellules piliers et de l'épithélium interne des branchiostégites suite à une acclimatation en ED. Ces cellules présentent des microvillosités apicales, profondes et nombreuses, ce qui semble être une adaptation aux faibles salinités permettant une absorption efficace d'ions. Les transporteurs ioniques impliqués dans l'osmorégulation ont été étudiés. La V-H+ ATPase (VHA) a été détectée au niveau des cellules piliers et de l'épithélium interne des branchiostégites. La NKA et l'échangeur Na+/H+ (NHE-3) ont été localisés au niveau des cellules septales. Des différences d'expressions géniques de la VHA, du NHE-3 et de la NKA ont été mesurées en comparant les 2 espèces à certains stades de développement. La distribution différentielle de ces transporteurs entre les cellules piliers et septales suggère que ces deux cellules pourraient fonctionner comme un complexe cellulaire pour absorber ou sécréter des ions. Chez P, la capacité de tous les stades à hyper-réguler en ED peut provenir du développement précoce des branchies fonctionnelles, et la perte de l'hypo-régulation peut être liée au manque de transports ioniques au niveau des branchiostégites. Enfin, les glandes excrétrices antennaires produisent de l'urine hypotonique chez les juvéniles et adultes des deux espèces en ED, ce qui diminue les pertes ioniques. Ces résultats illustrent des adaptations évolutives (perte et gain de fonctions) qui ont permis l'invasion des habitats d'ED. / Palaemonid shrimps originate from an ancestral marine clade showing a remarkable evolutionary ability to adapt to non-marine conditions, successfully invading estuarine and limnic habitats. Macrobrachium amazonicum (A) is a freshwater (FW) species as an adult with an export strategy toward estuaries of larvae requiring salt water for their development. Over time, some populations ended up isolated in FW; recently, they have been described as a new species, M. pantanalense (P), which during its evolution has become able to complete its entire life cycle in FW, thanks to the acquisition of hyper-osmoregulation in FW from hatching, while loosing hypo-osmoregulation in salt water. The two species offer a valuable model to reconstruct the evolutionary transitions of shrimps from salt water to FW. The objective of this study was to decipher the differences in physiological and molecular adaptations to FW, thus in osmoregulation, between both species during ontogeny. We studied the comparative ontogeny of osmoregulatory organs, particularly the branchial chamber, and the localization and expression of ion transporters. During the larval phase, we found that the gill development starts earlier in P than in A. Na+/K+ ATPase (NKA) was mainly localized in gills of P and in branchiostegites of A at the same larval stages. This suggests that the high capacity to hypo-osmoregulate during the ontogeny of A originates from ionic transports in branchiostegites, while gill lamellae are not fully developed. In both species, the gill lamellae contain two associated cells types, septal and pillar cells, displaying features of ionocytes. After FW acclimation, ultrastructural differences were observed in pillar cells and in the inner epithelium of branchiostegites. These cells possess numerous deep apical microvilli, a possible adaptation to low salinities for efficient ion uptake. Regarding ion transporters involved in osmoregulation, V-H+ ATPase (VHA) was detected in pillar cells and in the inner branchiostegite epithelium. NKA and Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE-3) were localized in septal cells. Differences in VHA, NHE-3 and NKA gene expression were observed by comparing the two species at certain developmental stages. The differential distribution of these transporters between pillar and septal cells suggest that these two cells may function as a cell complex for ion absorption or secretion. In P, the capacity of all stages to hyper-regulate in FW may originate from the early development of functional gills; and the loss of hypo-regulation may originate from an absence of ion transport in branchiostegites. Finally, the excretory antennal glands produce hypotonic urine in juveniles and adults of both species in FW, thus reducing ion loss. These results illustrate evolutionary adaptations (gain and loss of functions) that have permitted the invasion of FW habitats.