%0 Journal Article
%T Relationship of Trace Elements Concentration and Growth Rate in <i>Alsidium triquetrum</i> (Rhodophyta)
%A Arsenio J. Areces
%A Ruben Cabrera
%A Jhoana D¨Şaz-Larrea
%A Ligia Collado-Vides
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 323-338
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2023.143022
%X Minerals and trace elements content and concentration in marine algae
vary depending on species morphology and physiology; as well as growing
environmental conditions. Despite this variability, accumulation of magnesium,
and especially iron, seems to be common in Chlorophyta; while Rhodophyta and
Heterokontophyta show higher affinity to manganese. The red agarophyte <i>Alsidium
triquetrum</i> was used to analyze the
relationship between metal concentration, environmental conditions and growth
rate. Specimens grown <i>in situ</i> showed a large variability of Fe,
Mn, Mg, and Al, in thallus tissue concentrations. Further, a compelling relationship between the growth rate and
the thallus concentration of Mg and Mn, Zn, and Al was detecte. Manganese, unlike the other trace elements
analyzed showed a positive linear relationship between growth rate and tissue
content during the period of greatest vegetative growth.
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%K Growth Rate
%K Manganese
%K Trace Elements
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=124064