Trichodesmium erythraeum Bloom on the Continental Shelf off Santos, Southeast Brazil

Carvalho, Melissa; Gianesella, Sônia M. F.; Saldanha-Corrêa, Flávia M. P.

AIDAR, E.; GAETA, S. A.; GIANESELLA-GALVÃO, S. M. F.; KUTNER, M. B. B.; TEIXEIRA, C. Ecossistema costeiro subtropical: nutrientes dissolvidos, fitoplâncton e clorofila-a e suas relações com as condições oceanográficas na região de Ubatuba, SP. Publ. Esp. Inst. Oceanogr., São Paulo, v. 10, p. 9-43, 1993.
AMINOT, A.; CHAUSSEPIED, M. Manuel des analyses chimiques en milieu marin Brest, E: C.N.E.X.O., 1983. 395 p.
BRANDINI, F. P.; MORAES, C. B. Composição e distribuição do fitoplâncton em áreas costeiras e oceânicas da região sueste do Brasil. Nerítica, v. 1, n. 3, p. 9-19, 1986.
BRYCESON, I.; FAY, P. Nitrogen fixation in Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) erytraea in relation to bundle formation and trichome differentiation. Mar. Biol., v. 61, p. 159-166, 1981.
CAPONE, D. G.; BURNS, J. A.; MONTOYA, J. P.; SUBRAMANIAM, A.; MAHAFFEY, C.; GUNDERSON, T.; MICHAELS, A. F.; CARPENTER, E. J. Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cy., v. 19, p. 1-17, 2005.
CAPONE, D. G.; CARPENTER, E. J. Nitrogen Fixation in the Marine Environment. Science, v. 217, p. 1140–1142, 1982.
CARPENTER, E. J. Physiology and ecology of marine planktonic Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) Mar. Biol. Letts, v. 4, p. 69-85, 1983.
CARPENTER, E. J.; PRICE, C. C. Marine Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium): explanation for aerobic nitrogen fixation without heterocysts. Science, v. 191, p. 1278-1280, 1976.
CARPENTER, E.J.; ROMANS, K. Major role of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium in nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. Science, v. 254, p. 1356–1358, 1991.
CPTEC - CENTRO DE PREVISÃO DO TEMPO E ESTUDOS CLIMÁTICOS Climanálise – Boletim de monitoramento e análise climática. INPE/CPTEC, v. 21, 40 p., 2006.
GIANESELLA-GALVÃO, S. M. F.; COSTA, M. P. F.; KUTNER, M. B. B. Bloom of Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) erythraeum (Her.) Kutz. in coastal waters of the Southwest Atlantic. Publ. Esp. do Inst. Oceanogr., São Paulo, v. 11, p. 133-140, 1995.
GRASSHOFF, K.; EHRHARDT, M.; KREMLING, K. Methods of seawater analysis. 2^nd ed. Basel: Verlag Chemie, 1983. 419 p.
HAHN, S. T.; CAPRA, M. F. The cyanobacterium Oscillatoria erythraea: a potential source of toxin in the ciguatera food-chain. Food Addit. Contam, v. 9, n. 4, p. 351-355, 1992.
HUTCHINS, D. Ocean Acidification or CO₂fertilization? Ocean Carbon Biogeochem. News, v. 1, n. 1, p. 1-4, 2008.
HUTCHINS, D. A.; FU, F.-X.; ZHANG, Y.; WARNER, M. E.; FENG, Y.; PORTUNE, K.; BERNHARDT, P. W.; MULHOLLAND, M. R. CO2 control of Trichodesmium N₂ fixation, photosynthesis, growth rates, and elemental ratios: Implications for past, present, and future ocean biogeochemistry. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 52, n. 4, p. 1293–1304, 2007.
JEFFREY, S. W.; HUMPHREY, G. F. New spectrophotometric equations for determining chlorophylls a, b, c and c2 in higher plants, algal and natural phytoplankton. Biochem. Physiol. Planzen (BPP) Bd., v. 167 S, p. 191-194, 1975.
LEVITAN, O.; ROSENBERG, G.; SETLIK, I.; SETLIKOVA, E.; GRIGEL, J.; KLEPETAR, J.; PRASIL, O.; BERMAN-FRANK, I. Elevated CO₂ enhances nitrogen fixation and growth in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Global Change Biol., v. 13, n. 2, p. 531-538, 2007.
LEWIS, M. R.; ULLOA, O.; PLATT, T. Photosyntetic action, absorption, and quantum yield spectra for a natural population of Oscillatoria in the North Atlantic. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 33, p. 92-98, 1988.
LUGOMELA, C.; LYIMO, T. J.; BRYCESON, I.; SEMESI, A. K. Trichodesmium in coastal waters of Tanzania: diversity, seasonality, nitrogen and carbon fixation. Hydrobiologia, v. 477, p. 1-13, 2002.
MILLERO, F. J.; SOHN, M. L. Chemical Oceanography. Boca Raton, Fla : C.R.C. Press, 1992. 531 p.
NEGRI, A.P.; BUNTER, O.; JONES, B.; LLEWELLYN, L. Effects of the bloom-forming alga Trichodesmium erythraeum on the pearl oyster Pinctada maxima Aquaculture, v. 232, p. 91-102, 2004.
POOLE, H. H.; ATKINS, W. R. G. Photo-eletric measurements of submarine illumination throughout the year. J. mar. Biol., v. 16, p. 297-324, 1929.
SALDANHA-CORRÊA, F. M. P.; GIANESELLA, S. M. F.; BARRERA-ALBA, J. J. A comparison of the retention capability among three different glass-fiber filters used for chlorophyll determinations. Braz. J. Oceanogr., v. 52 (3/4), p. 245-249, 2004.
SARANGI, R.K.; CHAUHAN, P.; NAYAK, S.R. Detection and monitoring of Trichodesmium blooms in the coastal waters off Saurashtra coast, India using IRS-P4 OCM data. Curr. Sci., v. 86, p. 1636-1641, 2004.
SIQUEIRA, A.; KOLM, H.E.; BRANDINI, F.P. Offshore distribution patterns of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum ehrenberg and associated phyto- and bacterioplankton in (on/off ?) the southern Atlantic coast (Paraná, Brazil). Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. Mar, v. 49, p. 323-337, 2006.
SMAYDA, T. J. What is a bloom? A commentary. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 42, p. 1132-1136, 1997.
TYRREL, T.; MARANÕN, E.; POULTON, A. J.; BOWIE, A. R.; HARBOUR, D. S.; WOODWARD, M. S. Large-scale latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Plankt. Res., v. 25, p. 405-416, 2003.
YENTSCH, C. M.; YENTSCH, C. S.; PERRAS, J. P. Alkaline phosphatase activity in the tropical marine blue-green alga, Oscillatoria erythraeum ("Trichodesmium"). Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 17, p. 772-774, 1972.
ZEHR, J. P.; WATERBURY, J. B.; TURNER, P. J.; MONTOYA, J. P.; OMOREGIE, E.; STEWARD, G. F.; HANSEN, A.; KARL, D. M. Unicellular cyanobacteria fix N₂ in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean. Nature, v. 412, p. 635-638, 2001.
CETESB - COMPANHIA DE TECNOLOGIA DE SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL. Florações de microalgas no ambiente marinho. <http://www.cetesb.sp.gov.br/ Agua/praias/algas.asp> Visited in: 3/19/2008.
FONSECA, M. L.; SILVA, M. A.; FREITAS, J. C. Ensaios preliminares da toxicidade de uma amostra de Triochodesmium erutraeum do Canal de São Sebastião, SP. In: SIMPÓSIO DE BIOLOGIA MARINHA, 17. . http://www.usp.br/cbm/novo_site/simposio/simp_xvii?resumos/res068.html Visited in 3/19/2008, 2002.
MIRANDA, L. B. Análise de massas de água da plataforma continental e da região oceânica adjacente: Cabo de São Tomé (RJ) a Ilha de São Sebastião (SP). Tese (Livre-Docência)- Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 1982. 123 p.

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[1] AIDAR, E.; GAETA, S. A.; GIANESELLA-GALVÃO, S. M. F.; KUTNER, M. B. B.; TEIXEIRA, C. Ecossistema costeiro subtropical: nutrientes dissolvidos, fitoplâncton e clorofila-a e suas relações com as condições oceanográficas na região de Ubatuba, SP. Publ. Esp. Inst. Oceanogr., São Paulo, v. 10, p. 9-43, 1993.

[2] AMINOT, A.; CHAUSSEPIED, M. Manuel des analyses chimiques en milieu marin Brest, E: C.N.E.X.O., 1983. 395 p.

[3] BRANDINI, F. P.; MORAES, C. B. Composição e distribuição do fitoplâncton em áreas costeiras e oceânicas da região sueste do Brasil. Nerítica, v. 1, n. 3, p. 9-19, 1986.

[4] BRYCESON, I.; FAY, P. Nitrogen fixation in Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) erytraea in relation to bundle formation and trichome differentiation. Mar. Biol., v. 61, p. 159-166, 1981.

[5] CAPONE, D. G.; BURNS, J. A.; MONTOYA, J. P.; SUBRAMANIAM, A.; MAHAFFEY, C.; GUNDERSON, T.; MICHAELS, A. F.; CARPENTER, E. J. Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cy., v. 19, p. 1-17, 2005.

[6] CAPONE, D. G.; CARPENTER, E. J. Nitrogen Fixation in the Marine Environment. Science, v. 217, p. 1140–1142, 1982.

[7] CARPENTER, E. J. Physiology and ecology of marine planktonic Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) Mar. Biol. Letts, v. 4, p. 69-85, 1983.

[8] CARPENTER, E. J.; PRICE, C. C. Marine Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium): explanation for aerobic nitrogen fixation without heterocysts. Science, v. 191, p. 1278-1280, 1976.

[9] CARPENTER, E.J.; ROMANS, K. Major role of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium in nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. Science, v. 254, p. 1356–1358, 1991.

[10] CPTEC - CENTRO DE PREVISÃO DO TEMPO E ESTUDOS CLIMÁTICOS Climanálise – Boletim de monitoramento e análise climática. INPE/CPTEC, v. 21, 40 p., 2006.

[11] GIANESELLA-GALVÃO, S. M. F.; COSTA, M. P. F.; KUTNER, M. B. B. Bloom of Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) erythraeum (Her.) Kutz. in coastal waters of the Southwest Atlantic. Publ. Esp. do Inst. Oceanogr., São Paulo, v. 11, p. 133-140, 1995.

[12] GRASSHOFF, K.; EHRHARDT, M.; KREMLING, K. Methods of seawater analysis. 2^nd ed. Basel: Verlag Chemie, 1983. 419 p.

[13] HAHN, S. T.; CAPRA, M. F. The cyanobacterium Oscillatoria erythraea: a potential source of toxin in the ciguatera food-chain. Food Addit. Contam, v. 9, n. 4, p. 351-355, 1992.

[14] HUTCHINS, D. Ocean Acidification or CO₂fertilization? Ocean Carbon Biogeochem. News, v. 1, n. 1, p. 1-4, 2008.

[15] HUTCHINS, D. A.; FU, F.-X.; ZHANG, Y.; WARNER, M. E.; FENG, Y.; PORTUNE, K.; BERNHARDT, P. W.; MULHOLLAND, M. R. CO2 control of Trichodesmium N₂ fixation, photosynthesis, growth rates, and elemental ratios: Implications for past, present, and future ocean biogeochemistry. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 52, n. 4, p. 1293–1304, 2007.

[16] JEFFREY, S. W.; HUMPHREY, G. F. New spectrophotometric equations for determining chlorophylls a, b, c and c2 in higher plants, algal and natural phytoplankton. Biochem. Physiol. Planzen (BPP) Bd., v. 167 S, p. 191-194, 1975.

[17] LEVITAN, O.; ROSENBERG, G.; SETLIK, I.; SETLIKOVA, E.; GRIGEL, J.; KLEPETAR, J.; PRASIL, O.; BERMAN-FRANK, I. Elevated CO₂ enhances nitrogen fixation and growth in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Global Change Biol., v. 13, n. 2, p. 531-538, 2007.

[18] LEWIS, M. R.; ULLOA, O.; PLATT, T. Photosyntetic action, absorption, and quantum yield spectra for a natural population of Oscillatoria in the North Atlantic. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 33, p. 92-98, 1988.

[19] LUGOMELA, C.; LYIMO, T. J.; BRYCESON, I.; SEMESI, A. K. Trichodesmium in coastal waters of Tanzania: diversity, seasonality, nitrogen and carbon fixation. Hydrobiologia, v. 477, p. 1-13, 2002.

[20] MILLERO, F. J.; SOHN, M. L. Chemical Oceanography. Boca Raton, Fla : C.R.C. Press, 1992. 531 p.

[21] NEGRI, A.P.; BUNTER, O.; JONES, B.; LLEWELLYN, L. Effects of the bloom-forming alga Trichodesmium erythraeum on the pearl oyster Pinctada maxima Aquaculture, v. 232, p. 91-102, 2004.

[22] POOLE, H. H.; ATKINS, W. R. G. Photo-eletric measurements of submarine illumination throughout the year. J. mar. Biol., v. 16, p. 297-324, 1929.

[23] SALDANHA-CORRÊA, F. M. P.; GIANESELLA, S. M. F.; BARRERA-ALBA, J. J. A comparison of the retention capability among three different glass-fiber filters used for chlorophyll determinations. Braz. J. Oceanogr., v. 52 (3/4), p. 245-249, 2004.

[24] SARANGI, R.K.; CHAUHAN, P.; NAYAK, S.R. Detection and monitoring of Trichodesmium blooms in the coastal waters off Saurashtra coast, India using IRS-P4 OCM data. Curr. Sci., v. 86, p. 1636-1641, 2004.

[25] SIQUEIRA, A.; KOLM, H.E.; BRANDINI, F.P. Offshore distribution patterns of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum ehrenberg and associated phyto- and bacterioplankton in (on/off ?) the southern Atlantic coast (Paraná, Brazil). Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. Mar, v. 49, p. 323-337, 2006.

[26] SMAYDA, T. J. What is a bloom? A commentary. Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 42, p. 1132-1136, 1997.

[27] TYRREL, T.; MARANÕN, E.; POULTON, A. J.; BOWIE, A. R.; HARBOUR, D. S.; WOODWARD, M. S. Large-scale latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Plankt. Res., v. 25, p. 405-416, 2003.

[28] YENTSCH, C. M.; YENTSCH, C. S.; PERRAS, J. P. Alkaline phosphatase activity in the tropical marine blue-green alga, Oscillatoria erythraeum ("Trichodesmium"). Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 17, p. 772-774, 1972.

[29] ZEHR, J. P.; WATERBURY, J. B.; TURNER, P. J.; MONTOYA, J. P.; OMOREGIE, E.; STEWARD, G. F.; HANSEN, A.; KARL, D. M. Unicellular cyanobacteria fix N₂ in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean. Nature, v. 412, p. 635-638, 2001.

[30] CETESB - COMPANHIA DE TECNOLOGIA DE SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL. Florações de microalgas no ambiente marinho. <http://www.cetesb.sp.gov.br/ Agua/praias/algas.asp> Visited in: 3/19/2008.

[31] FONSECA, M. L.; SILVA, M. A.; FREITAS, J. C. Ensaios preliminares da toxicidade de uma amostra de Triochodesmium erutraeum do Canal de São Sebastião, SP. In: SIMPÓSIO DE BIOLOGIA MARINHA, 17. . http://www.usp.br/cbm/novo_site/simposio/simp_xvii?resumos/res068.html Visited in 3/19/2008, 2002.

[32] MIRANDA, L. B. Análise de massas de água da plataforma continental e da região oceânica adjacente: Cabo de São Tomé (RJ) a Ilha de São Sebastião (SP). Tese (Livre-Docência)- Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 1982. 123 p.

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