University of California, Santa Cruz • Midterm in one week (Monday, April 28) ALGAE OF Chlorophyta, Cladophorales Name Acrosiphonia coalita (Ruprect) R.F. Scagel, D.J . • Format: Garbary, L.Golden & M.J.Hawkes • Definitions Location Davenport Landing , Santa Cruz, California • Short Answer • Ps/I Curve Habitat found in low intertidal, growing on rocks • Dichotomous key • Life History Collected by your name Date April 19, 2014 No. 1 • A couple of matching sections • Short Essays Identified by your name Date April 19, 2014
Heterokontophyta Incertae sedis Phaeostrophion irregulare Setchell & N.L. Gardner
Dichotomous Key: Cannot use names of Division: Heterokontophyta groups, instead characteristics Or (Ochrophyta, Chromophyta, Phaeophyta) Example: Chlamydomonas, Dictyota, Halimeda
Has Chlorophyll C No Chloropyll c Dictyota
Forms palmelloid stage No palmelloid stage Chlamydomonas Halimeda ~ 13,151 species 99% marine
1 Groups (Kingdom) Brief history of photosynthetic organisms on earth DOMAIN
1.Bacteria- cyanobacteria (blue green algae) 3.45 bya = Cyanobacteria appear and introduce 2.Archae “Algae” photosynthesis 3.Eukaryotes 1. Alveolates- dinoflagellates 1.5 bya = first Eukaryotes appeared (nuclear envelope and ER thought to come from invagination of plasma membrane) 2. Stramenopiles- diatoms, heterokonyophyta
0.9 bya = first multicellular algae (Rhodophyta - Red algae) 3. Rhizaria- unicellular amoeboids
800 mya = earliest Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4. Excavates- unicellular flagellates
400-500 mya = plants on land – derived from Charophyceae 5. Plantae- rhodophyta, chlorophyta, seagrasses
250 mya = earliest Heterokontophyta (Brown algae) 6. Amoebozoans- slimemolds
100 mya = earliest seagrasses (angiosperms) 7. Fungi- heterotrophs with extracellular digestion
8. Choanoflagellates- unicellular
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Heterokontophyta Characteristics: Division: Heterokontophyta 1) Pigments? Many classes, mostly unicellular or colony of unicells: • class: Chrysophyceae • class: Synurophyceae 2) Chloroplast structure? • class: Dictyochophyceae • class: Pelagophyceae • class: Raphidophyceae • class: Xanthophyceae • class: Eustigmatophyceae 3) Storage product? • class: Tribophyceae • class: Phaeothamniophyceae • class: Phaeophyceae*** *** We will focus on marine macroalgae
4) Flagella?
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2 Algal taxonomy Phaeophyceae Metabolites: Hierarchical system of classification: Tannins (a.k.a. polyphenolic compounds) and terpenes Level: suffix: example: - Anti-endophyte, -epiphyte, and anti-herbivory Domain Eukaryote Group Stramenopiles -Stored in special vesicles called physodes in the Division -phyta Heterokontophyta cytoplasm Class -phyceae Phaeophyceae -May strength cell walls by interacting with alginates Order -ales Laminariales Family -aceae Lessoniaceae -Block UVB protecting algae from radiation damage Genus Egregia species menziesii
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Phaeophyceae Storage Products: Seawater is hypotonic (less saline) than most algal cells
•laminaran and mannitol are most abundant Phaeophyceae Storage Products : •Always sugars, never starch •Storage products found in pyrenoids Mannitol function •important in osmoregulation- algae make more mannitol to use up ions-> algal salinity decreases
•transporting organic material to different parts of the thallus in large species
•lowers freezing point
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3 Phaeophyceae Flagella: Phaeophyceae Thallus Morphology: Heterokont flagella: - Advanced forms: complex multicellular thalli Anterior “flimmer flagellum” •used for movement - Not unicellular (except gametes and spores) • long flagellum with two rows of - Simplest forms are branching filaments stiff hairs (“mastigoneme”) • directed forward - More complex forms are parenchymatous and pseudoparenchymatous
- Differentiation of cortex (outer pigmented cells) and medulla (inner non-pigmented cells) Posterior “whiplash flagellum” •used for steering - Medullary cells primarily for storage or transport • short, smooth flagellum - Some browns quite large over 40 meters long • directed backward • contains flavin which functions as a photoreceptor
• an eyespot acts a shading structure or light reflector
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Phaeophyceae Morphology of Cell Walls Phaeophyceae Alginates: Alginates = salt form of alginic acid; primarily in Two main components: intercellular matrix
1. Cellulose microfibrils (1-10% of thallus dry weight) •Alginates = Alginic acid + an Ion Function: structural support
• Details of how alginates are used in helping ion 2. Alginic acid surrounds the microfibrills (35% of thallus dry exchange are not well understood. weight) Function: elasticity; flexibility; prevent desiccation; and • One proposed mechanism is that preferentially using osmoregulation (ion exchange) some ions and not others helps to balance overall ion levels.
• Common ions that are used to make alginates are Ca, Na and Mg
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4 Algal life histories : Terminology Phaeophyceae Alginates: Sporophyte: diploid, 2n, multicellular release spores Human uses for alginates
- Ice-cream prevents ice crystal formation Sporangia = structure where spores are formed
- Frosting water retaining properties; prevent drying Spore (mitospore, meiospore): unicellular, must settle & grow, product of mitosis(Mt) or meiosis (Me) - Paints emulsifying agent; keeps pigments suspended and prevents brush streaking
- Pharmaceuticals Gametophyte: hapliod, 1n, multicellular release gametes
- Food “kombu” in Japan; dried and shredded laminarians Gametangia = structure where gametes are formed
Gamete: unicellular, must fuse or die, product of mitosis(Mt) or meiosis (Me)
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Phaeophyceae Reproduction: Phaeophyceae Reproduction: Gametangia = structure where gametes are formed Functional Anisogamy Sporangia = structure where spores are formed How do the male gametes find the female ones?
uniseriate multiseriate Pheromones = chemicals produced to elicit a specific behavioral or Plurilocular = divided into physiological response from another individual. Unilocular = all spores/gametes many small chambers are produced in a single compartment Many Phaeophyceans produce sexual pheromones, all are chemically similar (locules); one spore/gamete per chamber (unsaturated hydrocarbons). Similarity high cross-reactivity “unangia”
“plurangia” Male gametes are VERY sensitive to pheromones: very low concentration will elicit a response 10 11
5 Phaeophyceae Reproduction: Phaeophyceae habitat: Functional Anisogamy female gamete male gamete • Mostly marine (or at least brackish water) • Intertidal and subtidal • Dominate colder waters Northern hemisphere: # of red species > # of brown species # of red individuals << # of brown individuals
Browns are less diverse but more abundant
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Division: Heterokontophyta- 13,151 species Distinguishing among orders based on 1. Life History and Reproduction Class: Phaeophyceae – 1,836 species • Isomorphic/heteromorphic alt. of gen.; diplontic • Isogamous, anisogamous, oogamous Order: 19 orders but we will focus on 6 1. Fucales -529 species 2. Macrothallus Construction: 2. Ectocarpales-696 species • Filamentous • Parenchymatous 3. Desmerestailes- 26 species • Pseudoparenchymatous 4. Dictyotales- 242 species 5. Ralfsiales- 54 species 3. Growth • Diffuse 6. Laminariales- 129 species • Apical • Intercalary • Trichothallic • Meristodermal-a surface layer of cells (epidermis) that is capable of dividing (is meristematic)
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6 Division: Heterokontophyta- 13,151 species Order: Fucales Class: Phaeophyceae – 1,836 species Order: 19 orders but we will focus on 6 1. Life History and Reproduction
1. Fucales -529 species
- Usually saxicolous - Unattached in some cases 2. Macrothallus Construction: - Unilocular gametangia
Genus: Fucus Silvetia 3. Growth Pelvetiopsis Sargassum Cystoseira
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Life History of Fucales Diplontic: 2N thallus, the gametes are the only Receptacle haploid stage - swollen tips of fucoids where meiosis occurs - terminal portion of a branch bearing numerous embedded conceptacles
Conceptacles - chambers where the gametes are stored
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7 Conceptacles Monoecious- having the male & female reproductive structure borne on the same individual plants -one house
Oogonia- female reproductive cell containing one or more egg (gamete) Dioecious- having the male & female reproductive structure borne on separate individual plants; said of the species -two houses
Antheridia- a male reproductive structure producing motile male gametes
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Sargassum: Fucus Silvetia Pelvetiopsis Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic
=Unattached Sargassum spp rafts
Midrib Playdough stipe Flattened stipe
1 egg per 8 eggs per oogonium 2 eggs per oogonium oogonium31 32
8 Cystoseira Sargassum Pneumatocysts- -a large float containing gas found in heterokontophyta -provide buoyancy to lift the blades toward the surface, allowing them to receive more sunlight for Ps - can hold O2, CO2, CO
Cystoseria osmundacea Sargassum muticum
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Division: Heterokontophyta- 13,151 species Order: Ectocarpales: Class: Phaeophyceae – 1,836 species Order: 19 orders but we will focus on 6 1. Life History and Reproduction:
2. Ectocarpales-696 species
- Saxicolous or epiphytic - Uniseriate filaments - Opportunistic spp, excellent colonizers 2. Macrothallus Construction: -Female gametes releases pheromone ectocarpene
Genus: Ectocarpus Haplogloia 3. Growth:
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9 Life History of Ectocarpales: Division: Heterokontophyta- 13,151 species
Class: Phaeophyceae – 1,836 species Order: 19 orders but we will focus on 6 3. Desmerestailes- 26 species - Saxicolous - Low intertidal to subtidal - “Acid weed”
Genus Desmarestia
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Life History of Desmarestiales Order: Desmarestiales
1. Life History and Reproduction:
2. Macrothallus Construction:
3. Growth
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10 - Morphology variable within the genus -Subtidal, but grows well in high light (very abundant if disturbance has removed other plants or canopy, e.g. El Nino, or urchin grazing) - Disappears with kelp growth due to canopy cover; shading
- ”Acid weed”: cells accumulate sulfate ions from seawater which reacts with water to produce sulfuric acid or malic acid, stored in vacuoles =ANTIHERBIVORY, pH 0.8-1.8, bleaches other algae
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