Effects of Lugol's iodine solution and formalin on cell volume of three bloom-forming dinoflagellates  

作　　者：杨洋 孙晓霞 赵永芳 

机构地区：[1]Jiaozhou Bay Marine Ecosystem Research Station,Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [3]Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science,Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology》2017年第4期858-866,共9页中国海洋湖沼学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973Program)(No.2014CB441504);the"Strategic Priority Research ProgramWestern Pacific Ocean System"of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA11030204);the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41230963);the NSFC-Shandong Province Joint Fund Project(No.U1406403)

摘　　要：Fixatives are traditionally used in marine ecosystem research. The bias introduced by fixatives on.the dimensions of plankton cells may lead to an overestimation or underestimation of the carbon biomass. To determine the impact of traditional fixatives on dinoflagellates during short- and long-term fixation, we analyzed the degree of change in three bloom-forming dinoflagellates （Prorocentrum rnicans, Scrippsiella trochoidea and Nocfiluca scintillans） brought about by Lugol＇s iodine solution （hereafter Lugol＇s） and formalin. The fixation effects were species-specific. P. micans cell volume showed no significant change following long-term preservation, and S. trochoidea swelled by approximately 8.06% in Lugol＇s and by 20.97% in formalin as a percentage of the live cell volume, respectively. N. scintillans shrank significantly in both fixatives. The volume change due to formalin in N. scintillans was not concentration-dependent, whereas the volume shrinkage ofN. scintillans cells fixed with Lugol＇s at a concentration of 2% was nearly six-fold that in cells fixed with Lugol＇s at a concentration of 0.6%-0.8%. To better estimate the volume of N. scintillans fixed in formalin at a concentration of 5%, we suggest that the conversion relationship was as follows： volume of live cell=volume of intact fixed cell/0.61. Apart from size change, damage induced by fixatives on N. scintillans was obvious. Lugol＇s is not a suitable fixative for N. scintillans due to high frequency of broken cells. Accurate carbon biomass estimate ofN. scintillans should be performed on live samples. These findings help to improve the estimate of phytoplankton cell volume and carbon biomass in marine ecosystem.Fixatives are traditionally used in marine ecosystem research.The bias introduced by fixatives on the dimensions of plankton cells may lead to an overestimation or underestimation of the carbon biomass.To determine the impact of traditional fixatives on dinoflagellates during short-and long-term fixation,we analyzed the degree of change in three bloom-forming dinoflagellates(Prorocentrum micans,Scrippsiella trochoidea and Noctiluca scintillans) brought about by Lugol's iodine solution(hereafter Lugol's) and formalin.The fixation effects were species-specific.P.micans cell volume showed no significant change following long-term preservation,and S.trochoidea swelled by approximately 8.06% in Lugol's and by 20.97% in formalin as a percentage of the live cell volume,respectively.N.scintillans shrank significantly in both fixatives.The volume change due to formalin in N.scintillans was not concentration-dependent,whereas the volume shrinkage of N.scintillans cells fixed with Lugol's at a concentration of 2% was nearly six-fold that in cells fixed with Lugol's at a concentration of 0.6%-0.8%.To better estimate the volume of N.scintillans fixed in formalin at a concentration of 5%,we suggest that the conversion relationship was as follows:volume of live cell=volume of intact fixed cell/0.61.Apart from size change,damage induced by fixatives on N.scintillans was obvious.Lugol's is not a suitable fixative for N.scintillans due to high frequency of broken cells.Accurate carbon biomass estimate of N.scintillans should be performed on live samples.These findings help to improve the estimate of phytoplankton cell volume and carbon biomass in marine ecosystem.

关 键 词：cell volume FORMALIN Lugol＇s Noctiluca scintillans 

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