Effects of Increasing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations on Phytoplankton Community Growth and Toxicity DuringPlanktothrixBlooms in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 7197-7207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Davis ◽  
George S. Bullerjahn ◽  
Taylor Tuttle ◽  
Robert Michael McKay ◽  
Susan B. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Community Growth

scholarly journals Diurnal and spatial (vertical) dynamics of nutrients (N, P, Si) in four sampling days (summer, fall, winter, and spring) in a tropical shallow reservoir and their relationships with the phytoplankton community

2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Ramírez ◽  
C. E. M. Bicudo
Keyword(s):  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Vertical Variation ◽  
Total N ◽  
Phosphorus Forms ◽  
Reactive Silica ◽  
Photosynthetic Assimilation ◽  
The City ◽  
Total P

The vertical and diurnal variation of nitrogen and phosphorus forms, as well as that of soluble reactive silica (SRS), were studied in four sampling days at Garças reservoir, a shallow tropical one located in the city of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Except for N-NH4, all other inorganic forms of nitrogen (N-NO2, N-NO3, and total N) demonstrated decreased concentrations toward the bottom of reservoir. Similarly, all showed significant diurnal differences on every sampling day, with increased values during the night due to absence of photosynthetic assimilation during that period. In the sampling days, these forms decreased on the spring sampling day due to the bloom of Microcystis registered during this period of the year. All three forms of phosphorus (SRP, particulate P, and total P) showed significant vertical variation, except on the fall sampling day. On the summer sampling day there was an increase of both total P and particulate P, the latter because it constitutes more than 70% of the total P during all sampling days. Hourly phosphorus variation was significant during all sampling days, except for the summer one. The SRS vertical variation was significant during all sampling days, except for that in the spring. It was also different hourly on sampling days.

scholarly journals Phytoplankton community structure in Menjer Lake, Central Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 869 (1) ◽  
pp. 012037
Author(s):  
F Sulawesty ◽  
G P Yoga ◽  
L Subehi ◽  
R Rosidah
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Cell Counting ◽  
Phytoplankton Community Structure ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Ecological Pressure

Abstract The occurrence of land changes around Lake Menjer, Central Java Province will affect the condition of water quality subsequently will affect biota, including phytoplankton. The purposes of study was to analyze the composition and abundance of phytoplankton in Menjer Lake regarding to nutrient content i.e. nitrogen and phosphorus. Observations on the phytoplankton community were conducted in July and October 2019 at six locations in Menjer Lake. Water samples were taken at the water surface as much as 10 L filtered using plankton net. Identification was carried out under the inverted microscope Diaphot 300. The abundance was calculated using the Sedgwick Rafter cell counting (SRCC) method. Analysis of the phytoplankton community structure was derived by calculating the Diversity Index, Evenness Index, and Simpson Dominance Index. The nutrient content in Menjer Lake influences the structure of phytoplankton communities quantitatively and qualitatively. Observation showed that the diversity of phytoplankton was low and there was one species dominanted, the result explained that the phytoplankton community in Menjer Lake is unstable and there is ecological pressure on the community. It can be concluded that the improvement of environmental conditions around Menjer Lake is the basis for the sustainable management of Menjer Lake.

Iron plays a role in nitrate drawdown by phytoplankton in Lake Erie surface waters as observed in lake-wide assessments

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya M. Havens ◽  
Christel S. Hassler ◽  
Rebecca L. North ◽  
Stephanie J. Guildford ◽  
Greg Silsbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Waters ◽  
Thermal Stratification ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Sampling Depth ◽  
Phytoplankton Pigment ◽  
Chl A ◽  
Dissolved Iron ◽  
Continuous Surface

Phytoplankton interactions with iron (Fe) were examined in surface waters of Lake Erie during summer thermal stratification. Lake-wide sampling in June and September 2005 was conducted using a continuous surface water sampler (1 m sampling depth) and in July at 18 hydrographic stations (5 m sampling depth). In situ measurements of photosynthetic efficiency (maximum quantum yield of photosystem II) and phytoplankton community composition were measured using fast repetition rate fluorometry and a phytoplankton pigment-specific fluorometer, respectively, during June and September. High ratios (73%–85%) of intracellular Fe to particulate Fe coincident with increases in chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentrations in the western and central basins in June and July imply that the majority of Fe in these regions was associated with intracellular pools. Correlations between intracellular Fe and Chl a were frequently observed when Heterokontophyta and Pyrrophyta dominated the phytoplankton community. Assimilation of Fe by the phytoplankton strongly influenced its partitioning between the dissolved and particulate phase. Dissolved iron (<0.45 µm) concentrations were proportional to Chl a concentrations and both dissolved iron and Chl a were inversely proportional to nitrate concentrations in July and September, suggesting that dissolved iron influenced both nitrate drawdown and Chl a concentrations in Lake Erie surface waters in summer.

scholarly journals Structure of the phytoplankton community in the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir (GO/MG), Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Teixeira de Oliveira ◽  
O. Rocha ◽  
AC. Peret
Keyword(s):  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Euphotic Zone ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Physical And Chemical Variables ◽  
Algal Assemblages ◽  
Physical And Chemical

The limnological features and the phytoplankton community of the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir were analyzed in December 2006, May 2007 and November 2007. Temporal changes in the taxonomic composition, density, diversity and dominance of species were analyzed in relation to climatic factors and the physical and chemical characteristics of the water. A positive correlation was found between some of the physical and chemical variables and the phytoplankton community. According to the CCA, variables such as the extent of the euphotic zone, temperature, pH, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations directly affected the phytoplankton dynamics. Organisms belonging to the class Cyanophyceae were the most representative in all the sampling periods, comprising the functional groups K, S1, M and H. Hydrodynamics and seasonal fluctuations of environmental factors were the driving forces determining the composition and abundance of the algal assemblages. Despite the prevalence of Cyanobacteria, the reservoir is still oligotrophic. The absence of blooms and the relatively low population abundances indicated that the quality of the reservoir's water still lies within the limits required for its multiples uses.

scholarly journals Temporal variation in phytoplankton community in a freshwater coastal lake of southern Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Tonetta ◽  
Mauricio Mello Petrucio ◽  
Roselane Laudares-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Light Limitation ◽  
Cylindrospermopsis Raciborskii ◽  
Total Density ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Coastal Lake ◽  
Vertical Variation ◽  
Nutrients Availability

AIM: The aim of the present study was to study the vertical variation in phytoplankton community in a subtropical coastal lake and to verify the temporal variation of this community following variation in temperature and dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus. METHODS: Sampling of phytoplankton and abiotic variables were performed monthly from June/2009 to January/2011 at four depths from the central part of Peri Lake. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance, correlation and canonical correspondence analysis. RESULTS: Vertical variation in the phytoplankton community and limnological data did not occur but temporal variation was found. The lake was limited by light and nutrients and this light limitation selected the Cyanobacteria species from Sn and S1 functional groups. Phytoplankton community was composed of five groups, with 31 freshwater taxa, in which Cyanobacteria was the most important with 87.7% of total density and Chlorophyta with 11.8%. Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii was dominant during almost the whole study period because when temperature and phosphorus increased and wind speed decreased Limnothrix sp. density was boosted. Different species of Cyanobacteria filamentous showed correlation with variables in different ways, indicating that some species can co-exist, each of them having distinct niches or can compete by the same resource. CONCLUSION: The phytoplankton presented periodicity driven by annual change in water temperature and nutrients availability. Peri Lake's features allow for the occurrence of a vertically homogeneous water column and the dominance of cyanobacterial functional groups adapted to low underwater light and nutrients deficiency

Glyphosate influence on phytoplankton community structure in Lake Erie

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Saxton ◽  
Elizabeth A. Morrow ◽  
Richard A. Bourbonniere ◽  
Steven W. Wilhelm
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Phytoplankton Community Structure

Effects of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on phytoplankton under eutrophic conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Ekaterina G. Sakharova ◽  
Irina Yu. Feniova ◽  
Zoya I. Gorelysheva ◽  
Maciej Karpowicz ◽  
Andrzej Górniak
Keyword(s):  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Zebra Mussels ◽  
Filamentous Algae ◽  
Total Abundance ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
N:P Ratios ◽  
Phytoplankton Structure ◽  
Mesocosm Experiments

We conducted two mesocosm experiments (2014 and 2017) to determine how invasive zebra mussels affected abundance and structure of phytoplankton community. Algae reaction was different for the introduction of D. polymorpha in 2014 and 2017. There was no influence of zebra mussels on the phytoplankton total abundance; however, it changed the biomass of individual taxa. Cyanoprokaryota reaction as a result the zebra mussels introduction was influenced by the initial phytoplankton structure and initial nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in water. The biomass of Сyanoprokaryotа decreased at low N:P ratios and increased at high N:P ratios. Dreissena increased the biomass of large green filamentous algae, which is a poor food resource for zooplankton.

Changes in spring phytoplankton communities and nutrient dynamics in the eastern basin of Lake Erie since the invasion of Dreissena spp.

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 1549-1563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P Barbiero ◽  
David C Rockwell ◽  
Glenn J Warren ◽  
Marc L Tuchman
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Silica Content ◽  
Eastern Basin ◽  
Anthropogenic Inputs ◽  
Centric Diatoms ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
High Silica ◽  
Stephanodiscus Hantzschii

Distinct changes have occurred in the size and composition of the spring phytoplankton community in the eastern basin of Lake Erie following the introduction of Dreissena. Since 1996, total phytoplankton biovolume has decreased to approximately 20% of pre-Dreissena levels, whereas postinvasion concentrations of spring soluble nutrients, particularly silica, have been substantially elevated compared with earlier years. Spring dominance has shifted from a mix of pennate and large centric diatoms and pyrrophytes to three centric diatoms with high silica requirements: Aulacoseira islandica, Stephanodiscus hantzschii, and Stephanodiscus parvus, and the overall diversity and species richness of the spring phytoplankton community has declined significantly. In addition, current April silica concentrations are approximately twice as high as historical (i.e., 1960s–1980s) winter maxima, indicating that the silica content of the lake has increased since the dreissenid invasion. These results suggest that the severe silica depletion caused by increased anthropogenic inputs of nutrients during the last century has been mitigated through a decrease in diatom production, most likely brought about by dreissenid grazing.

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