The Source of Muddy Odor in Bream (Abramis brama) from the Porvoo Sea Area (Gulf of Finland)

1979 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 883-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Edvin Persson
Keyword(s):  
Abramis Brama ◽  
Blue Green Alga ◽  
Bream Abramis Brama ◽  
High Nutrient ◽  
Off Flavors ◽  
Odor Compounds ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
High Nutrient Concentration ◽  
Oscillatoria Agardhii ◽  
Sea Area

The study area was a shallow, extremely eutrophic, somewhat brackish water bay on the south coast of Finland. Muddy odor in bream (Abramis brama) was significantly correlated with the amount of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria agardhii occurring in the phytoplankton. Cultures dominated by this alga contained the muddy odor compound geosmin. The high concentrations of O. agardhii in the study area were caused by several interacting factors, of which the high nutrient concentration and the temperature of the water seemed to be especially important. Odoriferous actinomycetes isolated from the water produced the muddy odor compounds geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, but there seemed to be a lag time of several weeks between maximal concentrations of actinomycetes and development of off-flavors in the fish. Key words: geosmin, 2-methylisoborneol, Oscillatoria agardhii, actinomycetes, flavor, fish, eutrophication

scholarly journals Arsenic Accumulation and Biotransformation Affected by Nutrients (N and P) in Common Blooming-Forming Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek (Cyanobacteria)

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Zhe Xiao ◽  
Xiaochuang Li ◽  
Shouliang Huo
Keyword(s):  
Biogeochemical Cycles ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Freshwater Systems ◽  
Bg11 Medium ◽  
Arsenic Accumulation ◽  
High Nutrient ◽  
Extracellular Level ◽  
Microcystis Wesenbergii ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
High Nutrient Concentration

Arsenic accumulation and biotransformation in algae was mostly carried out in a medium that contained far higher nutrient concentrations than that in natural freshwaters. The obtained results might have limited environmental validity and result in a failure to describe authentic arsenic biogeochemical cycles in natural freshwater systems. To validate the assumption, arsenic accumulation, and biotransformation in common bloom forming Microcystis wesenbergii was performed under a high nutrient concentration in BG11 medium (N = 250 mg/L, P = 7.13 mg/L), and adjusted low nutrients that mimicked values in natural freshwaters (N = 1.5 mg/L, P = 0.3 mg/L). The growth rate and maximum M. wesenbergii cell density were much lower in the high nutrient set, but more inhibition was shown with increasing ambient iAs(V) concentrations both in the high and low nutrient sets. The proportion of intracellular contents in total arsenicals decreased with increasing iAs(V) concentrations in both high and low nutrient sets but increased with incubation time. Intracellular iAs(III) was not found in the high nutrient set, while it formed high concentrations that could be comparable to that of an extracellular level in the low nutrient set. M. wesenbergii could methylate arsenic, and a higher proportion of organoarsenicals was formed in the low nutrient set. Lower intracellular MMA(V) and DMA(V) concentrations were found in the high nutrient set; contrarily, they presented a higher concentration that could be comparable to the extracellular ones in the low nutrient set. The results demonstrated that different nutrient regimes could affect arsenic accumulation and biotransformation in M. wesenbergii, and low nutrient concentrations could inhibit the excretion of iAs(III), MMA(V) and DMA(V) out of cells. Further investigations should be based on natural freshwater systems to obtain an authentic arsenic accumulation and biotransformation in cyanobacteria.

scholarly journals Hybridization behaviour between two common European cyprinid fish species – silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna and common bream, Abramis brama – in a controlled environment

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaël Ovidio ◽  
Jean-Claude Philippart ◽  
Billy Nzau Matondo ◽  
Pascal Poncin
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Cyprinid Fish ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Abramis Brama ◽  
Bream Abramis Brama ◽  
Common Bream ◽  
Common Bream Abramis Brama

AbstractThe egg release–mating comparison, heterospecific matings and mating success under two hybridization conditions – (i) mixing one sex per species and (ii) mixing both sexes from each species – were investigated to determine whether silver bream Blicca bjoerkna and common bream Abramis brama can hybridize in nature.The results revealed that non-matings in hybridization experiments of silver bream females × common bream males can be explained by territorial and aggressiveness activities observed in common bream. In common bream females × silver bream males, heterospecific matings were observed but their numbers were significantly lower than the spawning numbers, and in this experiment, a female mated with one to four heterospecific males. In mixing both sexes from both species, similar spawning – mating numbers were observed but heterospecific matings accounted for only 27% of the total matings, with 24% accounting for heterospecific matings between common bream females and silver bream males, directly or by opportunism. Mating success was characterized by the occurrence of fertilized eggs after matings.Natural hybridization occurred preferentially between common bream females and silver bream males.

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