Abstract:Biological effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR; 280–400nm) on marine primary producers are of general concern, as oceanic carbon fixers that contribute to the marine biological CO2pump are being exposed to increasing UV irradiance due to global change and ozone depletion. We investigated the effects of UV-B (280–320 nm) and UV-A (320–400nm) on the biogeochemically critical filamentous marine N2-fixing cyanobacteriumTrichodesmium(strain IMS101) using a solar simulator as well as under natural solar radiation. Short exposure to UV-B, UV-A, or integrated total UVR significantly reduced the effective quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII) and photosynthetic carbon and N2fixation rates. Cells acclimated to low light were more sensitive to UV exposure compared to high-light-grown ones, which had more UV-absorbing compounds, most likely mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). After acclimation under natural sunlight, the specific growth rate was lower (by up to 44 %), MAA content was higher, and average trichome length was shorter (by up to 22 %) in the full spectrum of solar radiation with UVR, than under a photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) alone treatment (400–700 nm). These results suggest that prior shipboard experiments in UV-opaque containers may have substantially overestimatedin situnitrogen fixation rates byTrichodesmium, and that natural and anthropogenic elevation of UV radiation intensity could significantly inhibit this vital source of new nitrogen to the current and future oligotrophic oceans.

Fig.1 (A) Specific growth rate (measured during 8^th-11^thand 12^th-15^thday) ofTrichodesmiumIMS101 grown under solar PAR (P) and PAR+UVA+UVB (PAB). Corresponding total solar irradiance during the growth rate measurement were illustrated under horizontal labels. (B) Trichome length (measured at the 11^thand 15^thday) ofTrichodesmiumIMS101 grown under solar PAR (P) and PAR+UVA+UVB (PAB). Theasterisksindicate significant differences between radiation treatments. Values are the mean ±SD, triplicate cultures.

Fig.2 Photosynthetic carbon fixation rate (A, fmol C cell^-1h^-1) and UV-induced C fixation inhibition (B), N₂fixation rate (C, fmol N₂cell^-1h^-1) and corresponding UV-induced N₂fixation inhibition (D) ofTrichodesmiumIMS101 grown under LL and HL conditions. Asterisks above the histogram bars indicatesignificantdifferences between LL- and HL-grown cells. Values are the mean ±SD, triplicate incubations.

Reference:Xiaoni Cai, David A. Hutchins, Feixue Fu, and Kunshan Gao*. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on photosynthetic performance and N₂fixation inTrichodesmium erythraeumIMS 101.Biogeosciences,2017, 14, 4455-4466.

[该文第一作者为蔡晓霓（5123导航2015届博士毕业生），通讯作者是高坤山教授。

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