TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE PIGMENT COMPOSITION OF CAULERPA PROLIFERA (FORSSKÅL) LAMOUROUX MEADOWS IN THE MAR MENOR LAGOON (SE SPAIN) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Phycology | ||
| Article 6, Volume 1, 1 st Int. Symp. Phycol. (ISP). (21-22) Oct. 2000, 2000, Pages 63-70 PDF (2.1 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyjs.2000.113213 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muhammad M. Hegazia1; Angel Pérez-Ruzafa2; Isabel Maria Pérez-Ruzafa3; María-Emilia Candela4 | ||
| 1Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Ecology and Hydrology, Faculty of Biology, Murcia University, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. | ||
| 3Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense of Madrid University, 28040 Madrid Spain. | ||
| 4Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, Murcia University, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Eighteen photosynthetic pigments (chlorophylls, carotenoids and degradation products) were separated and quantified from Caulerpa prolifera in a single-step procedure by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography over the period from November 1995 to October 1996. The chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, are typical and characteristic pigments of the Caulerpa prolifera , appeared in a quantity very similar. In several months of the year the chlorophyll b appears in greater quantity than the chlorophyll a, especially during the months of June and July, coinciding with the greater biomass of the alga, and also with a great concentration of the carotenoid siphonein. As regards the carotenoids, it was found that violaxanthin, siphonoxanthin and neoxanthin-like were the most common carotenoids. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Caulerpa prolifera; seaweed; chlorophylls; carotenoids | ||
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