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This study was funded by the Carrasea Project (www.carrasea.org) of the European programme Aquareg (Interreg III-C). We thank to Mar a Soledad Saborido for her assistance in field and laboratory work and to Christine Francis for help in revising the English. We also thank to M. Doval and Y. Pazos (Intecmar, Xunta de Galicia) for providing us the oceanographic data.

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Spatial and temporal variations of Chondrus crispus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) carrageenan content in natural populations from Galicia (NW Spain)

Publicat a:Journal Of Applied Phycology. 24 (4): 941-951 - 2012-08-01 24(4), DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9715-y

Autors: Garcia Tasende, Manuel; Cid, Miguel; Isabel Fraga, M.;

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Qualitative and quantitative differences in carrageenan composition of gametophytes and tetrasporophytes of Chondrus crispus were observed in this study. Carrageenans in gametophytes belong to the kappa family (kappa-, iota-, nu- and mu-carrageenan). The dominant fractions were kappa- and iota-carrageenan (more than 50% of the total carrageenans). In tetrasporophytes, the presence of lambda-carrageenan was confirmed. Carrageenan content in gametophytes (37.4 +/- 1.68% DW) was higher than in tetrasporophytes (29.13 +/- 0.76% DW). Spatial and temporal variation in carrageenan content in both life cycle phases appears to be related mainly to seawater and air temperatures, insolation, water movement and desiccation. The highest values of carrageenan content were recorded in those localities where higher values of precipitation, wind speed or water movement occurred. A bimodal temporal pattern on carrageenan content was observed. Fronds showed a high carrageenan content in spring and autumn. During these seasons, the content was over 40% in gametophytes and 30% in the tetrasporophytes. In summer and winter, these values down in both life cycle phases below 30%. In general the highest carrageenan contents were related to highest seawater temperatures. On the contrary, high air temperature and high insolation appeared to be unfavourable for carrageenan production. GLM models were obtained to predict carrageenan production from natural C. crispus populations, along Galician coast.

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