Geotaxis in the Freshwater Dinoflagellate Peridinium bipes f. occultatum.

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  • KISHIMOTO Naoyuki
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
  • OHNISHI Yosuke
    Research & Development Department, Kansai Environmental Engineering Center Co., Ltd.
  • SOMIYA Isao
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
  • OHNISHI Masanori
    Environmental Technical Research Center, Technical Research Center, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

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  • 淡水性渦鞭毛藻Peridinium bipes f. occultatumの走地性

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The characteristics of taxis in Peridinium bipes were examined using an experimental tank and a coupled microscope-CCD camera system. The vegetative cells exhibited negative geotaxis, since they swam upward irrespective of upward or downward irradiance. This behavior appeared to be the main factor in controlling the vertical migration of this species. The negative geotaxis was inferred to be caused by the distance between the center of gravity and the geometric center of the cell. We also estimated the geotactic and phototactic vertical swimming velocity of P. bipes and simulated the vertical migration of a P. bipes community with a numerical model. The model accurately reproduced the observed vertical migration pattern of the P. bipes community at irradiances over the range of 0 to 80.5μmol quanta m-2 sec-1. This model, in combination with a hydrodynamic model and a water quality model, will play a useful role in elucidating the appearance of freshwater red tides caused by P. bipes.

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