Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorHagman, Camilla Hedlund Corneliussen
dc.contributor.authorRohrlack, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorUhlig, Silvio
dc.contributor.authorHostyeva, Vladyslava
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T09:15:44Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T09:15:44Z
dc.date.created2020-01-08T13:11:45Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPLOS ONE. 2019, 14 (12), e0226650.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2678202
dc.description.abstractThe ability to identify drivers responsible for algal community shifts is an important aspect of environmental issues. The lack of long-term datasets, covering periods prior to these shifts, is often limiting our understanding of drivers responsible. The freshwater alga, Gonyostomum semen (Raphidophyceae), has significantly increased distribution and mass occurrences in Scandinavian lakes during the past few decades, often releasing a skin irritating slime that causes discomfort for swimmers. While the alga has been extensively studied, long-term data from individual lakes are often absent or greatly limited and drivers behind this species’ success are still not clear. However, if specific and persistent taxa biomarkers for G. semen could be detected in dated sediment cores, long-term data would be improved and more useful. To test for biomarkers, we examined the pigment composition of several G. semen strains in culture. Further, dated sediment core samples from Lake Lundebyvann, Norway, were used to test the pigments’ suitability as biomarkers in paleolimnological studies. Modifications to a common analysis allowed for the successful detection of the polar xanthophyll heteroxanthin and the non-polar chlorophyll a, as well as several other algal pigments by using high performance liquid chromatography-photometric diode arrays (HPLC-PDA). Heteroxanthin was confirmed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and detected by HPLC-PDA in all examined G. semen strains, along with chlorophyll a. Using HPLC-PDA, we also identified and confirmed the presence of the biomarker, xanthophyll heteroxanthin, in sediment core samples up to 60 years of age. The specificity of this xanthophyll was also tested by examining a wide range of algal strains from common Norwegian phytoplankton species. Heteroxanthin was not detected in any species commonly occurring in significant amounts in Norwegian lakes. We therefore conclude that heteroxanthin is a suitable pigment biomarker for G. semen and that this pigment can be successfully used for paleolimnological studies.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleHeteroxanthin as a pigment biomarker for Gonyostomum semen (Raphidophyceae)en_US
dc.title.alternativeHeteroxanthin as a pigment biomarker for <i>Gonyostomum semen</i> (Raphidophyceae)en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber15en_US
dc.source.volume14en_US
dc.source.journalPLOS ONEen_US
dc.source.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0226650
dc.identifier.cristin1768555
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal