| Abstrakt: |
We found that an innovative nursery approach, where Lessonia corrugata seeded spools were cultivated by spinning to increase the water motion relative to non-spinning spools, had higher growth in both the nursery and at-sea stages. Using this method, we compared the at-sea growth of sporophytes cultivated on spinning spools at different depths (1 m, 3 m, 5 m) and seasons (timing of out-planting). Finally, we compared the at-sea growth of sporophytes cultivated on spinning spools vs. non-spinning sporophytes at 3-m depth. In the nursery, sporophytes on spinning spools developed significantly faster than those on non-spinning spools: blade length was 4.6 and 2.5 cm, and holdfast area was 0.10 and 0.03 cm2 for spinning and non-spinning spools, respectively. At-sea L. corrugata in spring had significantly greater biomass production at 3 m and 5 m (3.0 kg m−1 and 2.4 kg m−1, respectively) and up to 96% survival. In summer, 100% of deployed kelps died at all depths. Growth was faster at 5 m (0.3 ± 0.06 kg m−1) in autumn and at 3 and 5 m (1.1 ± 0.1 kg m−1 and 0.8 ± 0.1 kg m−1, respectively) in winter. At sea, sporophytes from the spinning spools grew significantly 60% larger, and survival was ~ 3 times greater over 3 months than sporophytes from non-spinning. Overall, this study shows that spinning seeded spools in the nursery improves the growth at sea, spring is the best season for out-planting L. corrugata, and 3 or 5 m depth is best for production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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