HPLC analysis of phytoplankton pigments from Lake Kinneret with special reference to the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense (Dinophyceae) and chlorophyll degradation products

Yacobi, Yosef Z. and Pollingher, Utsa and Gonen, Yael and Gerhardt, Volkmar and Sukenik, Assaf (1996) HPLC analysis of phytoplankton pigments from Lake Kinneret with special reference to the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense (Dinophyceae) and chlorophyll degradation products. JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 18 (10). pp. 1781-1796. ISSN 0142-7873, 1464-3774

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Abstract

Photosynthetic pigments extracted from the particulate material of the water column of Lake Kinneret were studied throughout the periods of May 1988-June 1989, and November 1993-November 1994, by means of HPLC The temporal and vertical variation of the pigment suite found agreed with the microscopically determined phytoplankton record. The regression calculations of taxon-specific biomass with the corresponding signature pigments suggest that pigment analysis may be a useful tool for the monitoring of bloom-forming species, e.g. the dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense Nygaard. The HPLC pigment analysis permitted the identification and quantification of chlorophyll degradation products, providing for the first time information about their composition in Lake Kinneret. Chlorophyllide a was the major detectable degradation product of chlorophyll a, varying between 1 and 9% of the chlorophyll a concentration. Other chlorophyll a derivatives appeared mostly in minor quantities. Pheophytin a was virtually lacking in all the samples Removal rates of pigments measured by sedimentation traps, indicated that the degradation of chlorophyll a via chlorophyllide a is a dynamic process that continues during the sedimentation of the phytoplankton particles.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY; NORTH-SEA; SPRING BLOOM; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; MARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON; BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; ORGANIC-MATTER; SURFACE WATERS; ATLANTIC-OCEAN; EUPHOTIC ZONE
Subjects: 500 Science > 570 Life sciences
500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2023 09:41
Last Modified: 22 Jun 2023 09:41
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/51442

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