التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Non-invasive investigation of the morphology and optical properties of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea with optical coherence tomography. |
| المؤلفون: |
Lyndby, Niclas Heidelberg, Murthy, Swathi, Bessette, Sandrine, Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard, Meibom, Anders, Kühl, Michael |
| المصدر: |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences; 9/27/2023, Vol. 290 Issue 2007, p1-11, 11p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
OPTICAL properties, OPTICAL coherence tomography, JELLYFISHES, CARBON fixation, MORPHOLOGY, SPATIAL resolution |
| مستخلص: |
The jellyfish Cassiopea largely cover their carbon demand via photosynthates produced by microalgal endosymbionts, but how holobiont morphology and tissue optical properties affect the light microclimate and symbiont photosynthesis in Cassiopea remain unexplored. Here, we use optical coherence tomography (OCT) to study the morphology of Cassiopea medusae at high spatial resolution. We include detailed 3D reconstructions of external micromorphology, and show the spatial distribution of endosymbionts and white granules in the bell tissue. Furthermore, we use OCT data to extract inherent optical properties from light-scattering white granules in Cassiopea, and show that granules enhance local light-availability for symbionts in close proximity. Individual granules had a scattering coefficient of µs = 200–300 cm−1, and scattering anisotropy factor of g = 0.7, while large tissue-regions filled with white granules had a lower µs = 40–100 cm−1, and g = 0.8–0.9. We combined OCT information with isotopic labelling experiments to investigate the effect of enhanced light-availability in whitish tissue regions. Endosymbionts located in whitish tissue exhibited significantly higher carbon fixation compared to symbionts in anastomosing tissue (i.e. tissue without light-scattering white granules). Our findings support previous suggestions that white granules in Cassiopea play an important role in the host modulation of the light-microenvironment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
