碩士 / 國立中山大學 / 海洋生物研究所 / 93 / The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of varying light intensities on the morphology and physiology of the soft coral Pachyclavularia violacea. The soft corals P. violacea were treated by LED light and the illumination ranged from 50 to 200 μmol photon m-2 s-1, i.e. high light (200 μmol photon m-2 s-1), medium light (140 μmol photon m-2 s-1), medium-low light (100 μmol photon m-2 s-1 and low light (50 μmol photon m-2 s-1). The theca length, the density of zooxanthellae and the concentrations of chlorophyll a and proteins were measured to evaluate the response of P. violacea to different light intensities. A significant longer theca length was found in the group of medium-low light (5– 9mm) than the groups of high and low light intensities (1-2mm) (p<0.001). And, the theca length in the groups of medium and medium-low was more close to their source population. Over the 6-month experimental periods, the densities of zooxanthellae in the groups of medium and medium-low were in the range of 1.5 ~3.8 x 105 (N/mg) which were significantly higher than other groups (p<0.01). The concentrations of chlorophyll a in the low light group were 0.5~ 2.0 (ng/mg) during the experimental periods which were significantly higher than other groups (p<0.05). In the fifth and sixth months, the concentrations of chlorophyll a per zooxanthellae in the group of medium-low were in the range of 0.4~5.8 Chl. a × 10-5 (ng/zoox.) which were significantly higher than other groups (p<0.01). The protein content in the group of low light was significantly lower than other groups in the fifth month. And, the protein contents were decreased significantly in all groups in the sixth month. Based on the results, it is concluded that theca length and the density of zooxanthellae were sensitive responses to light adaptation. The light intensity about 100 μmol photon m-2 s-1 might be an appropriate range to culture the soft coral P. violacea because the theca length in the group was close to its source population.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/093NSYS5270005 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Chi-Han Tsai, 蔡錡函 |
| Contributors | Li-Lian Liu, 劉莉蓮 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 32 |
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