Geometric morphometrics reveals increased symmetric shape variation and asymmetry related to lead exposure in the freshwater green alga Micrasterias compereana

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106054" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106054</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Geometric morphometrics reveals increased symmetric shape variation and asymmetry related to lead exposure in the freshwater green alga Micrasterias compereana

Original language description

Lead (Pb) contamination of surface waters caused by its gradual release from soils has been reported in acidic wetlands located near industrial regions that experienced significant atmospheric Pb deposition during the 19th and 20th centuries. The green algae belonging to Desmidiales are typically one of the dominant components of the phytobenthos in these habitats, and experimental studies have shown that morphogenesis of desmid cells can be significantly affected by increased Pb concentrations in the environment. This study focused on an analysis of the shape variation in cells of the model desmid species Micrasterias compereana exposed to low chronic levels of Pb contamination. The geometric morphometrics of biradial symmetry and asymmetry of cellular lobes detected a significant increase in the shape variation corresponding to the Pb exposure of populations. However, the sensitivity of this relation was considerably different in the individual subspaces of the symmetric variation and asymmetry. The symmetric variation of the lateral lobes among the cells and the asymmetry between two opposite semicells were the most sensitive components to Pb exposure. Conversely, the left-right asymmetry between two cellular halves across the vertical axis and the transversal asymmetry between the lateral lobes were considerably less sensitive. In addition, the bilateral fluctuating asymmetry in the shapes of two adjacent cellular lobules was also susceptible to increased Pb contamination. Thus, the results showed that quantitative changes in the morphological variation of desmid populations evaluated by the biradial symmetry and asymmetry of cells might be used as sensitive biological indicators for the detection of Pb pollution in dystrophic freshwater habitats, such as peatbogs and acidic fens.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecological Indicators

ISSN

1470-160X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

111

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

106054

UT code for WoS article

000512603300087

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85078060359