The Impact of UV Radiation on Paramecium Populations from Alpine Lakes.

Barbara Kammerlander, Barbara Tartarotti, Bettina Sonntag

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Article in The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Numerical and Thermal Response of the Bacterivorous Ciliate Colpidium kleini, a Species Potentially at Risk of Extinction by Rising Water Temperatures.Microbial ecology · 2024
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3 authors.

Barbara KammerlanderLake and Glacier Research Group, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6253-9031

Barbara TartarottiLake and Glacier Research Group, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria.

Bettina SonntagCiliate Ecology and Taxonomy Group, Research Department for Limnology, Mondsee, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, Mondsee, 5310, Austria.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 2238Austrian Science Fund FWF P 21013

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paramecium populations from a clear and a glacier-fed turbid alpine lake were exposed to solar simulated ultraviolet (UVR) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) at 8 and 15 °C. The ciliates were tested for DNA damage (comet assay), behavioral changes, and mortality after UVR + PAR exposure. High DNA damage levels (~58% tail DNA) and abnormal swimming behavior were observed, although no significant changes in cell numbers were found irrespective of the lake origin (clear, turbid), and temperatures. We conclude that environmental stressors such as UVR and their effects may influence the adaptation of ciliates living in alpine lakes.

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DNA DamageUltraviolet RaysLakesParameciumPhotosynthesisTemperatureCiliatescomet assayDNA damageprotistssingle-cell gel electrophoresis

Identifiers

PMID28833929

DOI10.1111/jeu.12463

PMCPMC5888136

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