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JPR Advance Access published online on June 17, 2004
Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbh111
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Received April 13, 2004
Accepted June 3, 2004

Article

UV-B treated algae exhibiting different response as a food source for Daphnia magna

Mateja Germ 1*, Tatjana Simcic 1, Alenka Gaberscik 2, Barbara Breznik 3, Milena Hrastel 3

1 National Institute of Biology, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 National Institute of Biology, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Biology, Biotechnical faculty, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Department of Biology, Biotechnical faculty, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Mateja.Germ{at}nib.si.


  Abstract

The response of green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda and Selenastrum capricornutum to different levels of UV-B radiation was studied. Daphnia magna, the next step in the food web, was fed with UV-B treated algae. UV-B radiation induced the synthesis of UV absorbing substances and photosynthetic pigments, enhanced the level of respiratory potential and suppressed growth of the treated algae. Biomass production in S. quadricauda was higher than in S. capricornutum, but the production of photosynthetic pigments and relative amounts of UV absorbing substances as well as respiratory potential were more pronounced in S. capricornutum. A short term feeding experiment with D. magna showed that in general, females ingested higher number of cells of algae treated with high UV-B dose, but biomass of ingested algae did not differ significantly. The exception was S. capricornutum treated with high UV-B dose; a lower biomass was ingested probably reflecting the smaller UV-treated cells.


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