Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Factors Influencing Phytoplankton in a Salt Wedge Estuary, the Swan River, Western Australia

Estuaries ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Thompson



2014 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas J. Anderson ◽  
Halina T. Kobryn ◽  
Brad M. Norman ◽  
Lars Bejder ◽  
Julian A. Tyne ◽  
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Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (8) ◽  
pp. 911-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Orum ◽  
Donna M. Bigelow ◽  
Merritt R. Nelson ◽  
Donald R. Howell ◽  
Peter J. Cotty

Aspergillus flavus isolates from Arizona can be divided into S and L strains on the basis of sclerotial morphology. These genetically distinct strains differ in aflatoxin production. To help understand factors influencing the aflatoxin producing potential of A. flavus communities, spatial and temporal patterns of strain incidence were compared with patterns of A. flavus propagule density in Yuma County soils. Strain S isolates were found in all sampled fields, but the percentage of strain S isolates ranged from 4 to 93%. A nested analysis of variance was used to determine the spatial scale at which most variability in strain composition and propagule density occurred. For both variables, the largest component of variance occurred among fields within areas at a spatial scale of 1 to 5 km. There was also spatial structure (12 to 21% of the variance) at the subregional level (> 20 km) in strain composition, but not in propagule density. Temporal patterns for both variables were similar. The sampling periods with the highest incidence of strain S isolates, August 1994 (60%) and July 1995 (62%), occurred during cotton boll formation. The regional average for A. flavus propagule density was near 1000 propagules/g in the summer, but less than 100 propagules/g in the spring. The results suggest that insights into factors influencing the toxigenicity and propagule density of A. flavus communities might be achieved most readily by contrasting fields in close spatial proximity.



2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 803 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Hamilton ◽  
G. B. Douglas ◽  
J. A. Adeney ◽  
L. C. Radke

Seasonal variations in major ions, nutrients and chlorophyll a were examined at two sites in the upper reaches of the Swan River estuary, Western Australia. Intra-annual variations between the variables were strongly influenced by seasonal riverine discharge, though major ions behaved highly conservatively across a wide range of salinity. Reduced discharge following winter produced strong density stratification that coincided with upstream salt wedge propagation and produced distinct physico-chemical identities of surface and bottom waters. Anoxia of bottom waters associated with the salt wedge region induced increased concentrations of ammonium and phosphate, especially at the deeper of the two sites. Locally variable groundwater flow may have also been important in transporting sediment porewater nutrients into the water column. The seasonality of riverine discharge produced large intra-annual variations in temperature (13–29°C) and salinity (3–30). Transient increases in turbidity occurred when the salt wedge coincided with the position of sampling locations. The subsequent flocculation process likely contributed to further oxygen consumption and nutrient regeneration from the bottom sediments, while simultaneously depositing nutrient-rich flocs with low molar N:P ratios (3–8) to the sediment surface. Nutrient ratios and absolute nutrient concentrations suggest that nitrogen is the nutrient most likely to limit phytoplankton growth over most of the year.



2021 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 105883
Author(s):  
Matias Braccini ◽  
Ainslie Denham ◽  
Michael F. O'Neill ◽  
Eva Lai


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Ruth Coffey ◽  
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Eric Sherry ◽  
Brian Sturgis ◽  
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