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Seasonal dynamics of catalase activity in Cystoseira crinita (Black Sea) and Fucus vesiculosus (Barents Sea)

Shakhmatova Olga, Ryzhik Inna

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. S

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2020

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Vol. 27, nr 4

643--650

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The seasonal dynamics of catalase activity of two related species of brown macroalgae, Cystoseira crinita (Desf.) Bory (1832) and Fucus vesiculosus L. (1753) was studied. In general, catalase activity (CA) in C. crinita was several times higher than in F. vesiculosus. The maximum values of CA in C. crinita were observed in November and the minimum ones in September. For F. vesiculosus, the maximum CA was found in January and the minimum in April. Abrupt changes in water temperature significantly affected the catalase activity in C. crinita and F. vesiculosus. In both species of algae, a similar seasonal trend in the change of CA was noted: two periods of adaptation adjustment associated with sharp changes in the temperature regime (spring and autumn) were distinguished. In spring, with a rapid increase in the temperature of the water masses, catalase inactivation occurred, whereas during summer to winter transition, accompanied by a sharp water cooling, catalase activity increases. Stabilization of the CA values of the studied macroalgae in the absence of sharp temperature variability was observed. However, this period of "stationary state” varies in time: in Cystoseira crinita it lasts from May to August, and in Fucus vesiculosus it lasts from May to December.

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Effect of Varied NPK Fertilization on Catalase Activity of Amaranth (Amaranthus Cruentus L.)

Skwaryło-Bednarz B., Krzepiłko A.

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. S

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2013

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Vol. 20, nr 2

321-329

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A study was carried out on the effect of varied NPK fertilization on catalase activity per gram fresh weight of the leaves of two varieties of amaranth, Rawa and Aztek, at different developmental stages (seedling, five-leaf, flowering and mature seed), as well as in the seeds. Amaranth was grown in a field experiment in southeast Poland, at wide-row spacing on good wheat complex soil. The following combinations of macronutrient levels were applied: I - 50 kg N ? ha-1, 40 kg P ? ha-1, 40 kg K ? ha-1, II - 70 kg N ? ha-1, 50 kg P ? ha-1, 50 kg K ? ha-1, III - 90 kg N ? ha-1, 60 kg P ? ha-1, 60 kg K ? ha-1 and IV - 130 kg N ? ha-1, 70 kg P ? ha-1, 70 kg K ? ha-1. The study showed that catalase activity exhibited a downward trend during the vegetation period of amaranth. The highest catalase activity was noted in the leaves during the first stage, ie the seedling stage. Increasing levels of NPK led to an increase in catalase activity. Leaves of the Rawa variety had higher catalase activity than those of the Aztek variety at every stage of development. The level of catalase activity in the amaranth seeds was also significantly affected by fertilization and the variety of amaranth. Higher levels of the fertilizers caused an increase in catalase activity in the seeds.

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Badano wpływ zróżnicowanego nawożenia NPK na aktywność katalazy w świeżej masie liści dwóch odmian amarantusa (Rawa i Aztek) w różnych fazach rozwojowych (faza siewki, faza piątego liścia, faza pełni kwitnienia i faza pełni dojrzałości nasion) oraz w nasionach. W doświadczeniu polowym uprawiano szarłat w rozstawie szerokorzędowej na glebie kompleksu pszennego dobrego, w południowo-wschodniej części Polski. Zastosowano następujące kombinacje dawek makroskładników: I - 50 kg N ź ha–1, 40 kg P ź ha–1, 40 kg K ź ha–1, II - 70 kg N ź ha–1, 50 kg P ź ha–1, 50 kg K ź ha–1, III - 90 kg N ź ha–1, 60 kg P ź ha–1, 60 kg K ź ha–1 oraz IV - 130 kg N ź ha–1, 70 kg P ź ha–1, 70 kg K ź ha–1. Z przeprowadzonych badań wynika, iż aktywność katalazy wykazywała tendencję malejącą w okresie wegetacji amarantusa. Najwyższą aktywnością katalazy cechowała się świeża masa liści w pierwszej badanej fazie - fazie siewki. Wzrostowi aktywności katalazy sprzyjało nawożenie wzrastającymi dawkami NPK. Liście odmiany Rawa cechowały się większą aktywnością katalazy niż Aztek i to niezależnie od fazy rozwojowej. Na poziom aktywności katalazy w nasionach amarantusa istotny wpływ miało także nawożenie oraz odmiana. Większe dawki nawozów powodowały wzrost poziomu aktywności katalazy w nasionach.

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Soil properties and microbial activity changes along spruce forest succession in an abandoned grassland

Gomoryova E.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2007

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Vol. 55, nr 3

457-467

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The effects of the colonization of an abandoned grassland by forest trees and the associated microenvironmental changes on soil properties and the microbial activity of soil were studied along a 170 m transect established on a former pasture colonized by Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.) in Central Slovakia. The transect with a 5x5 m grid of sampling points crosses all successional stages from a closed forest to an open grassland, representing 50 years of secondary succession. Changes of basal soil respiration, substrate-induced respiration and soil catalase activity in association with tree density, light and temperature regime were examined, and their relationships with chemical soil properties were documented. Generally, light conditions, tree influence and soil temperatures were highly significantly correlated with the distance from the lower transect edge, but the correlation coefficients were not very high (|r| ranged between 0.37 and 0.70), indicating that the microsite conditions within the transect are strongly heterogeneous. With the advance of colonization, the amount of soil organic matter was found to increase, probably in association with a higher amount and a lower quality of litter. Catalase activity exhibits a linear trend along the transect, which is explained by a lower direct insolation of soils (r = 0.28***) and decreasing temperatures (r = 0.36***) in the upper part. Basal respiration is the lowest in the middle of the transect, where colonizing spruces form a dense closed stand with soil covered by a thick layer of raw litter. Both in the lower part covered by species-rich grassland communities and in the upper part, where forest herb species begin to establish, basal respiration is higher, probably due to higher amounts of easily decomposable plant material. In addition to these transect-wide trends, stationary spatial patterns were observed for most soil variables. Generally, microbial activity rates as well as chemical soil properties exhibited spatial continuity up to the distance of approx. 40 to 60 m.