Biology:Gelidium

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Short description: Genus of algae

Gelidium
Gelidium amansii
Gelidium amansii
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gelidiales
Family: Gelidiaceae
Genus: Gelidium
J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Synonyms

Acanthopeltis Okamura, 1892

Gelidium is a genus of thalloid red algae comprising 134 species. Its members are known by a number of common names.[note 1]

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Gelidiaceae has 159 species, considered to be the largest family in Gelidiales with four major genera: Capreolia, Gelidium, Gelidiophycus, and Ptilophora[1].

Gelidium was first described by Lamouroux in 1813 and is regarded to be one the genus with the most species. Species diversity has been established by previous studies, whereas, molecular analysis reveals biogeographic relations that concerns its current distribution pattern in oceans.[2]

Identification of species has been a challenge as sexual plants are somewhat difficult to find in nature, therefore, other physiological features are examined instead, such as branching patterns and vegetative traits, but subsequent studies revealed that these are also affected by its development and environmental factors[3] highlighting the need for genetic studies utilizing genetic markers.[2]

Morphology

Specimens can reach around 2–40 cm (0.79–16 in) in size. Branching is irregular, or occurs in rows on either side of the main stem. Gelidium produces tetraspores. Many of the algae in this genus are used to make agar. Chaetangium is a synonym.[4]

Distribution

Gelidium are widely distributed globally, specifically in tropical to temperate regions, but lacking in polar regions.[5] In the ocean, Gelidium can be found inhabiting the intertidal to subtidal zone.[2] Species from the genus require further studies to distinguish boundaries among members, as recent molecular research have shown that there are cryptic, unidentified species assumed to be regionally endemic and isolated but may also be ubiquitous in nature.[2] Some species are common in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean (G. crinale) while some are confined in North Atlantic waters (G. pussillum)[6][3][7]. Reports of G. pussillum occurrence outside of its specified range may be questionable and requires further verification.[2]

Ecology

Gelidiales consists of many species that are economically important as they produce agar while some serve ecologically significant functions such as substrate cover.[5] The growth of Gelidium can primarily be affected by nutrient availability and light. In turn, these factors are also regulated by temperature and water movement, respectively. Santelices (1991) evaluated how eight factors may affect Gelidium productivity, all of which are important in understanding how different interactions correlate to production yield. Some of these factors include seasonality, phenotypic characters, age, reproductive state, and even the source of the algae.[5]

Life History

Gelidium is assumed to follow the Polysiphonia life cycle, with sexual and tetrasporangial generations.[8] Tetrasporangia formation is also known to be affected by temperature and other environmental factors including light, salinity and moisture,[9] although germination rates remain unaffected based on an earlier study.[10]

In 1993, Gelidium robustum in Santa Barbara, California was investigated for 16-months showing tetrasporangial abundance throughout the year, but may not have the ability to germinate despite maximum spore output.[8]

Cultivation and Exploitation

An important agarophyte, Gelidium has been cultured in Korea[11] and China[12] since the early 1990s, with some cultivation efforts noted in Europe, specifically in Spain[13] and Portugal.[11][14] In South Africa, G. pristoides (Turner) has been cultivated in the field while laboratory trials on G. crinale (Turner) and Pterocladiella capillacea (Gmel.) Santelices and Hommersand were tested in Israel.[15][16]

Gelidium has been found to be over-exploited in Japan, depleting algal beds[17] which in part, affects agar production, pushing the need for even more efforts in cultivation, replacing the practice of harvesting wild Gelidium.[18] In 2017, global data have shown that Norway, China, and Chile are among the countries that lead the overharvesting of seaweeds, mostly kelp.[18] Advances in Gelidium cultivation have been put forth including the use of floaters at sea and marine ponds for free-float technology in cultivation.[19] At its core, environmental factors are needed to be controlled for favorable growth of Gelidium revealing how ponds may be the better option among the set-ups[18].

Chemical Composition

Agar is primarily extracted from Gelidium especially among North African Atlantic and South European species based on specific gel properties with water. In Morocco, Gelidium sesquipidale is known to be harvested during summer time to extract agar used commercially, making the country among the top producers in the world.[20]

Agarocolloids are known to be extracted in algae belonging to the orders Gracilariales and Gelidiales with certain applications in the food and cosmetics. Gelling properties often differ among species, seasons, seaweed age, and substitutions between sulphate esters, among other compounds. Sulphate composition often dictates gel strength, while methyl esters determine gelling and elasticity.[20]

Utilization and Management

In Portugal, G. sesquipedale are commonly harvested for agar since the 1960s.[21] Management strategies are yet to be implemented especially among big commercial companies that should be responsible in harvesting the resource, similar to South Africa where the decrease in annual Gelidium landings show how fisher folk shifted to collecting kelp for abalone feeds instead of Gelidium harvesting.[22]

Gelidium as environmental records

Gelidium species have been collected, pressed and maintained in herbaria and personal collections from the 1850s onwards since seaweed collecting became a popular pastime for the middle classes as well as scientists in Europe and North America.[23] These numerous well-documented specimens can provide information beyond taxonomy.[24]

Sensitive measurement of stable nitrogen isotope ratios in Gelidium species collected in southern Monterey Bay between 1878 and 2018 showed a pattern of changes that matched with changes in the California current and provided support for a theory about the end of the local fishing industry.[25] Nitrogen isotope ratios are well established as a measure of nutrient productivity in aquatic ecosystems. The California current runs along coastal California and correlation with information on fish catches indicates that an increase in nutrient-rich cold water is important for fish productivity, notably sardines.[26] The California current has only been measured since 1946. The correlations with the Gelidium nitrogen ratios allowed the California current to be projected back into the nineteenth century and compared with historical records of fish catches.[25] The data matched, notably for the highest sardine catches through the 1930s and then the sudden decrease from 1945 to 1950 that ended the Monterey cannery industry. This information supports the theory that environmental changes as well as overfishing caused the collapse of the local fishery business. More broadly, this suggests that elemental analysis of historical samples of macroalgae can provide evidence of primary productivity processes. The species used included specimens of G. coulteri, G. robustum, G. purpurascens, G. pusillum and G. arborescens collected over a 140-year timespan from the 6 km coastline between Point Pinos, Pacific Grove and Cannery Row, Monterey in California, US.[25]

Species

  • Gelidium affine
  • Gelidium allanii
  • Gelidium amamiense
  • Gelidium amansii
  • Gelidium ambiguum
  • Gelidium americanum
  • Gelidium anthonini
  • Gelidium applanatum
  • Gelidium arborescens
  • Gelidium arenarium
  • Gelidium asperum
  • Gelidium australe
  • Gelidium bernabei
  • Gelidium bipectinatum
  • Gelidium canariense
  • Gelidium cantabricum
  • Gelidium capense
  • Gelidium caulacantheum
  • Gelidium ceramoides
  • Gelidium chilense
  • Gelidium coarctatum
  • Gelidium concinnum
  • Gelidium congestum
  • Gelidium coronadense
  • Gelidium coulteri
  • Gelidium crinale
  • Gelidium crispum
  • Gelidium deciduum
  • Gelidium decompositum
  • Gelidium delicatulum
  • Gelidium divaricatum
  • Gelidium elegans
  • Gelidium elminense
  • Gelidium fasciculatum
  • Gelidium filicinum
  • Gelidium flaccidum
  • Gelidium floridanum
  • Gelidium foliaceum
  • Gelidium foliosum
  • Gelidium galapagense
  • Gelidium hancockii
  • Gelidium heterocladum
  • Gelidium hommersandii
  • Gelidium howei
  • Gelidium hypnosum
  • Gelidium inagakii
  • Gelidium inflexum
  • Gelidium intertextum
  • Gelidium isabelae
  • Gelidium japonicum
  • Gelidium johnstonii
  • Gelidium kintaroi
  • Gelidium latiusculum
  • Gelidium lingulatum
  • Gelidium linoides
  • Gelidium longipes
  • Gelidium macnabbianum
  • Gelidium madagascariense
  • Gelidium maggsiae
  • Gelidium masudae
  • Gelidium microdentatum
  • Gelidium microdon
  • Gelidium microdonticum
  • Gelidium microphyllum
  • Gelidium microphysa
  • Gelidium micropterum
  • Gelidium minusculum
  • Gelidium multifidum
  • Gelidium musciforme
  • Gelidium nova-granatense
  • Gelidium nudifrons
  • Gelidium omanense
  • Gelidium pacificum
  • Gelidium planiusculum
  • Gelidium pluma
  • Gelidium pristoides
  • Gelidium profundum
  • Gelidium pseudointricatum
  • Gelidium pteridifolium
  • Gelidium pulchellum
  • Gelidium pulchrum
  • Gelidium pulvinatum
  • Gelidium purpurascens
  • Gelidium pusillum
  • Gelidium reediae
  • Gelidium refugiensis
  • Gelidium regulare
  • Gelidium reptans
  • Gelidium rex
  • Gelidium rigens
  • Gelidium robustum
  • Gelidium samoense
  • Gelidium sclerophyllum
  • Gelidium secundatum
  • Gelidium semipinnatum
  • Gelidium serrulatum
  • Gelidium sesquipedale
  • Gelidium sinicola
  • Gelidium spathulatum
  • Gelidium spinosum
  • Gelidium subfastigiatum
  • Gelidium tenue
  • Gelidium tsengii
  • Gelidium umbricola
  • Gelidium usmanghanii
  • Gelidium vagum
  • Gelidium venetum
  • Gelidium venturianum
  • Gelidium versicolor
  • Gelidium vietnamense
  • Gelidium vittatum
  • Gelidium yamadae
  • Gelidium zollingeri

Notes

  1. ↑ Recorded common names are tengusa, makusa, genso, niu mau tsai, japansche scheleiachtige mos, steen-or klipbloem, hay tsay, olus marinus, sajur laut, tschintschau, tschoo-hoae, onikusa, hirakusa, obusa, rødalge-slaegt, gelídeos, punalevä-suku, tokoroten, kanten, tokoro-tengusa, kinukusa, isingglass, hai-ten-gusa, tocoroten, tengusa-agar, limu lo-loa, hai-tengusa, onigusa, oyakusa, kanten weed, goumaocai, hime tengusa, shihua and tanmae.

References

  1. ↑ JAMAS, MAYRA; IHA, CINTIA; C. OLIVEIRA, MARIANA; M. P. B. GUIMARÃES, SILVIA; T. FUJII, MUTUE (2017-07-25). "Morphological and molecular studies on Gelidiaceae and Gelidiellaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil with description of the new species Gelidium calidum". Phytotaxa 314 (2): 195. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.2. ISSN 1179-3163. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.2. 
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Freshwater, D. Wilson; Rueness, J. (1994-05-01). "Phylogenetic relationships of some European Gelidium (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) species, based on rbcL nucleotide sequence analysis". Phycologia 33 (3): 187–194. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-33-3-187.1. ISSN 0031-8884. https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-33-3-187.1. 
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Santelices, B. (1991). Juanes, J. A.; Santelices, B.; McLachlan, J. L.. eds. "Production ecology of Gelidium" (in en). International Workshop on Gelidium. Developments in Hydrobiology (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands): 31–44. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-3610-5_3. ISBN 978-94-011-3610-5. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-3610-5_3. 
  6. ↑ Kim, Kyeong-Mi; Boo, Sung-Min (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of Gelidium crinale and G. pusillum (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) using cox1 and rbcL sequences" (in English). Algae 27 (2): 83–94. doi:10.4490/algae.2012.27.2.083. ISSN 1226-2617. https://www.e-algae.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.4490/algae.2012.27.2.083. 
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Melo, Ricardo A.; Neushul, Michael (1993). Chapman, A. R. O.; Brown, M. T.; Lahaye, M.. eds. "Life history and reproductive potential of the agarophyte Gelidium robustum in California" (in en). Fourteenth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands): 223–229. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1998-6_27. ISBN 978-94-011-1998-6. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-1998-6_27. 
  9. ↑ Santelices, Bernabe; G, Bernabé Santelices (1988) (in en). Synopsis of Biological Data on the Seaweed Genera Gelidium and Pterocladia (Rhodophyta). Food & Agriculture Org.. ISBN 978-92-5-102717-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HlLq4x6WDn8C&dq=santelices+1988+gelidium&pg=PA1. 
  10. ↑ Correa, J.; Avila, M.; Santelices, B. (1985-03-01). "Effects of some environmental factors on growth of sporelings in two species of Gelidium (Rhodophyta)" (in en). Aquaculture 44 (3): 221–227. doi:10.1016/0044-8486(85)90246-7. ISSN 0044-8486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486%2885%2990246-7. 
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  12. ↑ Fei, X. G.; Huang, L. J. (1991). Juanes, J. A.; Santelices, B.; McLachlan, J. L.. eds. "Artificial sporeling and field cultivation of Gelidium in China" (in en). International Workshop on Gelidium. Developments in Hydrobiology (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands): 119–124. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-3610-5_11. ISBN 978-94-011-3610-5. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-3610-5_11. 
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  15. ↑ Boulus, Areen; Spaneir, Ehud; Friedlander, Michael (2007-03-03). "Effect of outdoor conditions on growth rate and chemical composition of Gelidium crinale in culture" (in en). Journal of Applied Phycology 19 (5): 471. doi:10.1007/s10811-007-9158-7. ISSN 1573-5176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-007-9158-7. 
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  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Miller, Emily A; Lisin, Susan E; Smith, Celia M; Van Houtan, Kyle S (2020). "Herbaria macroalgae as a proxy for historical upwelling trends in Central California". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 (1929): 20200732. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0732. PMID 32546101. 
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  • Toefy, R., Gibbons, M.J. & McMillan, I.K. 2005. The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa. African Invertebrates 46: 1-26.[1]

External links

  • Images of Gelidium at Algaebase

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