Study on the phenology of <italic>Chara vulgaris</italic> in Xin’an Spring, north China

doi:10.1007/s11515-009-0007-8

Front Biol Chin

2009, Vol. 4

Issue (2) : 207-213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-009-0007-8

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Study on the phenology of Chara vulgaris in Xin’an Spring, north China

Bianfang HU^1,2, Shulian XIE¹(

), Jia FENG¹, Meng ZHANG¹

1. School of Life Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; 2. Department of Biology, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030600, China

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Abstract

The phenology of Chara vulgaris was studied. The specimens were collected four times from April 2004 to January 2005 (one sampling per season). The water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, maximum width and maximum depth were monitored at every sampling time. Eighteen main morphological characteristics of the Chara vulgaris were also observed and measured under the microscope. The results showed that all the environmental factors had different seasonal patterns and some of the morphological characteristics had significant fluctuations, indicating differences in their seasonality. At the same time, some morphological characteristics were affected by the environmental parameters to some extent and the effect was primarily exhibited in its vegetative proportions; there was little effect on the sexual reproductive characteristics. Therefore, the relatively stable sexual reproductive characteristics can be used to identify the species.

Keywords Chara vulgaris China environmental factors seasonal dynamics Xin’an Spring

Corresponding Author(s): XIE Shulian,Email:xiesl@sxu.edu.cn.

Issue Date: 05 June 2009

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Bianfang HU,Shulian XIE,Jia FENG, et al. Study on the phenology of Chara vulgaris in Xin’an Spring, north China[J]. Front Biol Chin, 2009, 4(2): 207-213.

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Fig.1 Distribution of the sampling sites in Xin’an Spring

Tab.1 Data of phenology of and environmental parameters in Xin’an Spring

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Fig.8 Seasonal dynamics of morphological characteristics of in Xin’an Spring

Fig.9 Environmental variables during the sampling period in Xin’an Spring

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