广东长潭水库浮游生物群落结构特征

长潭水库是广东梅州市重要的备用水源地,属于国家一类水源保护区。2010年7月,通过分析长潭水库浮游生物群落组成、生物量及多样性指数等群落结构特征和水体理化指标,揭示长潭水库富营养化水平。结果显示,长潭水库鉴定出55种浮游植物,隶属于6个门,优势种为绿藻门的栅藻（Scenedesmus sp.）、蓝藻门的微囊藻（Microcystis sp.）和伪鱼腥藻（Pseudanabaena sp.）、隐藻门的隐藻（Cryptophyta sp.）以及硅藻门的小环藻（Cyclotella sp.）和针杆藻（Synedra sp.）;藻类密度范围1.71×10⁶~2.44×10⁸ cells/L;浮游动物共检出44种,包括轮虫、枝角类和桡足类,其中轮虫是主要类群。综合营养状态指数评价结果显示,长潭水库部分水体呈轻度富营养化。典范对应分析结果显示,浮游动物、溶解氧、总氮、总磷和化学需氧量是影响长潭水库浮游植物群落结构的关键环境因子。     

底泥中微囊藻复苏和生长特性的研究

研究了微囊藻群体从底泥中释放进入水体的过程及这一过程与水体温度、光照及营养盐的关系 ,并比较了底泥和水体中微囊藻群体的生长特性。同时 ,比较了温度对经低温 (4℃ )处理的和处于对数期的Microcystis.sp .94 0的叶绿素荧光强度的影响。结果表明 ,在 15℃ ,30 μEm-2 s-1光照条件下 ,底泥中的微囊藻群体复苏开始启动 ,并于15d后开始上升到水体中。研究表明 ,存在于底泥中的微囊藻群体从底泥中迁移至上层水体的最适条件为 2 0℃ ,30 μEm-2 s-1。分别培养底泥微囊藻群体和同时期水体中的微囊藻群体 ,研究它们的生长特性 ,发现底泥中的微囊藻群体生长的最适温度为 2 0℃ ,光照强度为 30 μEm-2 s-1,与同期水体中的微囊藻群体生长条件相似。经低温 (4℃ )处理的微囊藻群体和生长周期处于对数期的微囊藻群体叶绿素荧光的影响的实验中 ,作者发现在 2 0℃和 2 5℃时 ,两种经过不同处理的微囊藻群体都随着时间增加而增长。但是 ,在 10℃和 15℃时 ,低温处理的微囊藻群体的叶绿素荧光随着时间增加而增长 ,而处于对数期的微囊藻群体的叶绿素荧光随着时间增加而降低。这表明长期处于低温和黑暗环境中的微囊藻细胞的光系统Ⅱ未受到严重的损伤 ,当环境转变有利于生长时 ,微囊藻细胞的光系统Ⅱ恢复活性。本研究结     

淀山湖蓝藻季节动态及其影响因子

为了掌握淀山湖蓝藻门浮游植物群落及其与环境因子的关系,于2009年5月—2010年4月在全湖选取9个点位对浮游植物群落进行了调查,应用CANOCO4.5软件对获得的蓝藻门种类和环境因子数据进行典范对应分析(CCA),并绘制了物种与环境因子关系的二维排序图。结果表明:调查期间共出现蓝藻门15属46种,微囊藻属占69.9%,其次颤藻属占20.5%;蓝藻数量分布具有明显的季节性,密度变化范围为9.0×104～7.6×106 cells·L-1,蓝藻细胞密度与叶绿素a、总氮、营养状态指数TSIM(chl-a)和TSIM(TN)相关性较好,表明总氮浓度对蓝藻细胞密度影响较大,而密度和相对丰度影响着湖泊中的叶绿素含量和透明度等;CCA分析表明,春季水体受水温、生物需氧量、总磷影响较大,夏季水体受总磷、BOD5、透明度影响较大,秋季环境因子影响类型较为集中但不显著,冬季各环境因子影响较夏、秋两季明显,水体与铵态氮、透明度(SD)均呈正相关;分析了蓝藻中作为全湖优势种类的铜绿微囊藻和弱细颤藻与环境因子之间的关系,前者与水温、总氮呈显著正相关,与pH值呈现负相关;后者四季均有出现,数量变化受水温影响最大,在夏季与较低的pH值有关;环境因子改变与蓝藻季节演替内在联系表现为蓝藻群落在春冬2季受水温影响最大,夏季受TP、TN影响显著,秋季则与水体的透明度相关性最大。本实验对于理解淀山湖蓝藻优势种季节演替特征及对其开展监测治理具有指导意义。     

淡水湖泊中微囊藻水华的成因分析

我国藻型富营养化湖泊中一个重要的生物类群是微囊藻,结合国内近几年来对微囊藻形成水华的机制的研究,从微囊藻的结构和生理特点以及环境中温度、光照、pH和营养盐等生态因子综合作用上分析了微囊藻水华的成因。     

四明湖水库浮游动物群落演替

于2012年8月至2013年7月对四明湖水库水体理化特性以及浮游动物的种类、数量和生物量进行逐月采样调查,分析了水库的浮游动物群落特征及其影响因子。调查期间共检测到浮游动物150种,丰度198.0~7 258.0 ind/L,年平均3 795.2 ind/L,生物量0.28~5.64 mg/L,年均值为1.11 mg/L,浮游动物丰度和生物量空间差异不显著,但季节变化明显。对应分析(CA)和后续拟合表明,水温、叶绿素a、总磷、真光层深度、氨氮以及水位是驱动浮游动物结构变化的主要环境因子,各点的影响因子间存在空间差异性。对比24年前历史资料,发现四明湖水库浮游动物数量和生物量均减少,浮游动物出现小型化,推测认为是鱼类捕食的下行效应、蓝藻密度增加及蓝藻产生藻毒素增加影响浮游动物繁殖力所致。水质评价结果表明,四明湖水库目前处于中营养水平,但有向富营养型发展的趋势。     

冲天湖底泥表层微囊藻休眠体复苏与菌群动态

对频繁暴发微囊藻水华的西洞庭冲天湖表层底泥和上覆水取样,检测和分析了底泥表层微囊藻休眠体丰度和菌浓度、上覆水中微囊藻细胞丰度和菌浓度以及部分理化性质,结合室内模拟试验。结果表明:2—6月份冲天湖底泥表层和上覆水中总菌浓度均显著上升(P0.05),底泥表层总菌浓度显著高于上覆水(P0.05),优势菌群均为微小杆菌属(Exiguobacterium)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)和芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus);4月份底泥表层微囊藻休眠体开始复苏且休眠体丰度下降,6月份休眠体丰度显著低于4—5月份(P0.05),而上覆水中微囊藻细胞丰度上升,6月份显著高于4—5月份(P0.05);复苏优势藻为铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)、水华微囊藻(Microcystis flos-aqua)和惠氏微囊藻(Microcystis wesenbergii);复苏期间促休眠体复苏优势菌群浓度显著上升、"底泥-上覆水"界面溶解氧浓度与TN/TP比显著下降(P0.05)。说明冲天湖底泥表层和上覆水优势菌群可能通过改变底泥表层理化环境影响微囊藻休眠体复苏。     

岱海表层沉积物中内源磷的释放

以北方半干旱地区典型内陆封闭湖泊岱海为研究对象,开展了上覆水质及多种环境因子(温度,pH,溶解氧,扰动,光照)对湖泊沉积物内源磷释放的影响研究。结果表明:(1)温度升高有利于内源磷的释放,湖泊水体在温度较高的夏季更易呈现富营养化状态;(2)碱性条件有利于磷的释放,岱海水体属微碱性环境(pH8.8),若水体pH进一步升高,将会造成沉积物内源磷的大量释放;(3)厌氧条件(ρDO0.8mg/L)有利于磷的释放,岱海湖心区水深较深,易形成厌氧环境,因此湖心区内源磷释放强度较浅水区大;(4)强烈扰动有利于磷的释放,这会对浅水区的底质产生较大影响;(5)照度通过底栖藻类的生物作用,间接地限制了沉积物释磷对上覆水中磷浓度的影响。     

鹤地水库浮游生物与富营养化特征分析*

于2000年丰水期和枯水期调查分析了鹤地水库的营养状态及浮游生物特征。结果表明:鹤地水库营养盐含量很高,综合营养状态指数评价为中一富营养化水平。浮游植物丰水期和枯水期的细胞密度分别为1950.5～3509.7×10⁴cells·L^-1和130.5～231.3×10⁴cells·L^-1,蓝藻中的微囊藻和席藻数量占细胞总数的83%以上。在丰水期和枯水期,浮游植物的群落结构均为蓝藻-绿藻-硅藻型,优势种为微囊藻和席藻。次优势种由丰水期蓝藻中的粘球藻,颤藻,绿藻中的衣藻,和硅藻中的颗粒直链藻等转变为枯水期的蓝藻门的水华束丝藻和硅藻门的颗粒直链藻等富营养化指示种。鹤地水库的浮游动物种类不多,但数量很高。丰水期的无节幼体和桡足幼体数量很多,但从优势种类来说,轮虫以曲腿龟甲轮虫,纵长异尾轮虫,剪形臂尾轮虫为主,枝角类的优势种为长额象鼻蚤;枯水期时无节幼体的数量最多,桡足幼体数量急剧下降,优势种类则转变为枝角类的长额象鼻蚤和桡足类的广布中剑水蚤。两个水期浮游动物的优势种类均是以耐污种和广布性种类为主。     

环境因子对杭州西湖沉积物各形态磷释放的影响

对西湖沉积物的磷形态、粒径组成、化学组成进行了分析, 模拟研究了上覆水磷含量、光照、pH、温度、水动力条件等不同环境因子对西湖沉积物各形态磷释放的影响。结果表明, 上覆水为蒸馏水时的最大释磷量约为底泥-湖水系统的1.15倍, 且释放形态均以IP中的Fe/Al-P为主。在蔽光条件下的最大TP释放量约为光照条件下最大TP释放量的1.35倍。pH 是影响磷释放的重要因素, 在碱性条件下, 促进Fe/Al-P的释放; 在酸性条件下, 促进Ca-P 的释放。在高温条件下沉积物的释磷量会高于低温条件下的释磷量。沉积物各形态磷的释放量在15h后逐渐趋于平衡扰动状态达到平衡时TP释放量是静态释放平衡状态的1.61倍。研究结果旨在探讨不同环境因子对湖泊沉积物磷迁移转化的生态环境效应, 预测西湖内源磷释放的发展趋势, 为控制沉积物内源污染提供理论基础。     

光照对水环境变化和沉积物吸收磷酸盐的影响

在富氧和缺氧环境下室内模拟研究光照对清洁湖区沉积物吸收磷酸盐和对上覆水质变化的影响.结果表明,光照使缺氧环境上覆水体中的pH值显著提高,并增加其溶解氧的含量.上覆水体中磷酸盐浓度的变化在实验初期主要受水-沉积物界面溶解氧含量的影响,表现为富氧组磷酸盐的浓度下降迅速,但随实验时间的推移,光照逐渐起主要作用,表现为实验结束时有光条件下的磷酸盐浓度明显低于无光条件,磷酸盐的减少量和减少速度明显高于无光条件.无论是富氧、缺氧,还是有光、无光,当上覆水体中磷酸盐的浓度很高时,沉积物都能够吸收磷酸盐,但吸收量各不相同.光照对沉积物吸收上覆水中溶解性无机磷酸盐(DIP)的影响受缺氧和富氧环境的限制.     

Sediment-to-water blue-green algal recruitment in response to alum and environmental factors

The sediment-to-water recruitment of blue-green algae was investigated in a shallow lake following treatment with aluminum sulfate and sodium aluminate to control sediment phosphorus (P) release. A comparison of results from two summers each before and after treatment indicates that the treatment did not universally impact the recruitment of either sporulating or non-sporulating forms of blue-green algae. Blooms of Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, and Coelosphaerium resulted predominantly from growth in the water column following strong recruitment episodes lasting up to two weeks, while Microcystis populations were relatively insensitive to periodically high inputs from recruitment. The development of planktonic populations of Gloeotrichia echinulata, by contrast, were largely dependent on sustained recruitment in response to adequate light and temperature regimes at the sediment surface.The cellular P content of recruited G. echinulata colonies was unaffected by the accumulation of aluminum floc to the lake sediments. Both G. echinulata and C. naegelianum showed elevated levels of cellular P in newly recruited colonies as compared to planktonic colonies, indicating P transport from the sediments to the water column. Total P translocation by blue-green algae was negligible in the absence of a substantial recruitment of G. echinulata. The recruitment of G. echinulata, and hence the magnitude of P translocation, was therefore more responsive to environmental conditions prevalent at the sediments than to direct effects of the treatment itself.     

光、温限制后铜绿微囊藻和斜生栅藻的超补偿生长与竞争效应

研究了铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)和斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus)低温和低光照限制后的超补偿效应,以及共培养条件下的竞争效应。结果表明,低温和低光照均显著抑制微藻的生长发育,但低温对铜绿微囊藻的抑制效应更强,而斜生栅藻则对低光胁迫更敏感。经过低光和低温培养后,铜绿微囊藻和斜生栅藻在恢复正常培养时藻细胞密度短期内都表现出超补偿增长效应,但不同藻类超补偿模式不同,斜生栅藻补偿生长时间不超过1周,而铜绿微囊藻的补偿效应可以持续10天;此外,统计结果表明铜绿微囊藻细胞密度对低温限制解除表现出更显著的补偿生长,斜生栅藻则在低光解除后表现出更强的超补偿效应。微藻叶绿素a指标在光恢复条件下都表现出显著的补偿效应,但温度恢复过程中叶绿素a含量与藻密度增长不同步,低温胁迫对恢复正常培养后微藻叶绿素a的形成产生了一定的负效应;铜绿微囊藻产毒株(912)在两种恢复模式下脱氢酶活性显著高于对照,产毒株(912)脱氢酶活性的补偿响应明显高于其它两种材料。共培养实验结果表明斜生栅藻同铜绿微囊藻产毒株(912)相比处于竞争劣势,而在同无毒株(469)的共培实验中,尽管连续正常培养情况下两者竞争能力差异不显著,但在恢复培养条件下斜生栅藻竞争能力显著高于后者。因此产毒型铜绿微囊藻低温和低光后的补偿生长效应以及对斜生栅藻的竞争优势可能是蓝藻爆发的内源性机制之一。     

Seasonal variations of Microcystis populations in sediments of Lake Biwa, Japan

Seasonal variations of colony numbers of Microcystis aeruginosa(Kütz.) Kütz. and M. wesenbergii(Komárek) Komárek in N. V. Kondrat. in sediments of Lake Biwa were investigated over a period of 1 year. At two stations located in the shallow South Basin of Lake Biwa (ca. 4 m water depth), the colony number of Microcystisfluctuated seasonally. The number had a tendency to gradually decrease from winter to early summer, while it increased through mid-summer and autumn. Since the Microcystispopulation in sediment was rather small, intensive growth and accumulation in the water column should be important for the formation of Microcystisblooms in Lake Biwa. Microcystiscolonies in the sediment samples after June were observed to be floating in a counting chamber under a microscope. The observation suggests that the recruitment of Microcystis colonies into the water column mostly occurs in early summer. The number of Microcystiscolonies in the deep North Basin of Lake Biwa (70 – 90 m water depth) was larger than in the South Basin. Because the seasonal variation of colony numbers was not observed in the North Basin, and Microcystiscells do not have gas vesicles, these colonies will not return into the water column. The colonies isolated from the sediment of the North Basin were able to grow in cultured conditions, in the same way as those from the sediment of the South Basin. Therefore, Microcystiscolonies may survive for a long time under stable conditions of low temperature (ca. 8 °C) and darkness, in the sediment of the deep North Basin, accumulating gradually each year.     

Potential effect of macrophyte beds on number of akinetes of blue-green algae in littoral of a body of water

The distribution of the resting stages of blue-green algae (akinetes) in bottom sediments of the littoral of a small Siberian water reservoir has been studied. The irregularity (mosaicism) of the distribution of akinetes in the bottom sediments of the littoral has been demonstrated and the possible mechanisms of its formation have been analyzed.     

Nodularia (Cyanobacteriaceae) Akinetes in the Sediments of the Peel-Harvey Estuary, Western Australia: Potential Inoculum Source for Nodularia Blooms

The populations of viable Nodularia (Cyanobacteriaceae) propagules in the sediments of the Peel-Harvey Estuary in Western Australia were assessed over location, time, and depth. The sediments of the Harvey Estuary had greater numbers of Nodularia propagules than those of the contiguous Peel Inlet. This was consistent with the distribution of Nodularia blooms in the system. The sediment populations of Nodularia propagules has increased up to 100-fold at the study sites over a 4-year period during which three blooms have occurred. It is considered that the majority of the propagules are akinetes. The significance of the sediment akinetes in providing the inoculum for rapid onset of Nodularia blooms is discussed. The population of akinetes decreased with depth, but viable akinetes were still found at 35 cm, the maximum depth sampled. Bioturbation by polychaete worms is likely to be significant in the distribution of akinetes to these depths.     

RECRUITMENT OF BENTHIC MICROCYSTIS (CYANOPHYCEAE) TO THE WATER COLUMN: INTERNAL BUOYANCY CHANGES OR RESUSPENSION?1

In some lakes, large amounts of the potentially toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis overwinter in the sediment. This overwintering population might inoculate the water column in spring and promote the development of dense surface blooms of Microcystis during summer. In the Dutch Lake Volkerak, we found photochemically active Microcystis colonies in the sediment throughout the year. The most vital colonies originated from shallow sediments within the euphotic zone. We investigated whether recruitment of Microcystis colonies from the sediment to the water column was an active process, through production of gas vesicles or respiration of carbohydrate ballast. We calculated net buoyancy, as an indication of relative density, using the amounts and densities of the major cell constituents (carbohydrates, proteins, and gas vesicles). Carbohydrate content of benthic Microcystis cells was very low throughout the year. Buoyancy changes of benthic Microcystis were mostly a result of changes in gas vesicle volume. Before the summer bloom, net buoyancy and the amount of buoyant colonies in the sediment did not change. Therefore, recruitment of Microcystis from the sediment does not seem to be an active process regulated by internal buoyancy changes. Instead, our observations indicate that attachment of sediment particles to colonies plays an important part in the buoyancy state of benthic colonies. Therefore, we suggest that recruitment of Microcystis is more likely a passive process resulting from resuspension by wind‐induced mixing or bioturbation. Consequently, shallow areas of the lake probably play a more important role in recruitment of benthic Microcystis than deep areas.     

Factors regulating recruitment from the sediment to the water column in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata

1. The influence of light, temperature, sediment mixing and sediment origin (water depth) on the recruitment of the cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata was examined in the laboratory. 2. Light and temperature were the most important factors initiating germination in G. echinulata. 3. The extent of germination (recruited biovolume) was mainly regulated by temperature and sediment mixing. Furthermore, sediment mixing significantly enhanced the frequency of observed heterocysts and colonies. 4. Despite the fact that the deep and shallow sediments contained a similar number of akinete colonies, the highest recruitment occurred from shallow sediments, indicating that akinetes from shallow sediments have a higher viability than those from deeper parts of the lake. 5. Our results support the hypothesis that shallow sediments are more important than profundal sediments for the recruitment of G. echinulata to the pelagic zone.     

Trace Metal Concentration in a Temperate Freshwater Reservoir Seasonally Subjected to Blooms of Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria

In situ interactions between cyanobacteria and metals were studied at Torrão reservoir (Tâmega River, North Portugal). The metal content of water and sediments from the reservoir was monitored monthly at Marco de Canaveses (seasonally subjected to toxic blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa) and upstream at Amarante (no blooms recorded), for 16 months. During the 16 months of the study period, M. aeruginosa bloomed twice at Marco de Canaveses, firstly forming a scum, and later with colonies scattered throughout the reservoir. Metals Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were analysed in the sediment and in the water column. Cu-binding ligands in water were also determined. When no blooms were taking place, average metal levels for water and sediment were not statistically different at both locations. Therefore, it was considered that the absence of cyanobacteria blooms at Amarante was not due to differences in metal content. When blooms were taking place at Marco de Canaveses, a significant increase of metal levels in the sediment occurred simultaneously. Sediment quality guidelines showed that during this period, Cu and Pb concentrations (32.3 and 43.2 mg kg^?1, respectively) were potentially toxic. However, quantification of the exchangeable metal fraction indicated that these metals were probably not bioavailable. Concentration of Cu-binding ligands in water was higher during the blooms, indicating that cyanobacteria are capable of changing the metal speciation in situ in a reservoir.     

The diversity and distribution of toxigenic Microcystis spp. in present day and archived pelagic and sediment samples from Lake Erie

The reoccurrence of significant cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie during the last 13 years has raised questions concerning the long-term persistence of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria and the presence of natural sediment reservoirs for potentially toxic cyanobacteria in this large lake system. To address these questions, we analyzed phytoplankton and sediment samples which were collected and preserved in the 1970s as well as samples collected in 2004 from locations within Lake Erie. The identification of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in Lake Erie was examined via PCR amplification of the mcyA gene fragment. Based on the high % sequence similarity, the mcyA sequences from all 1970s phytoplankton and sediment samples were determined to belong to Microcystis spp., in spite of reports suggesting that Lake Erie was dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria in the 1970s. In sediment samples from 2004, signature genes for Microcystis were distributed and preserved not only in the surface sediments but also up to 10–12 cm in depth. Based on cell quantities determined by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method, 0.18% of eubacteria in the sediments were Microcystis cells, of which 4.8% were potential microcystin producers. In combination with experiments showing that Microcystis cells can be cultured from Lake Erie surface sediments, this paper demonstrates the potential for these sediments to act as a reservoir for pelagic Microcystis populations and that the composition of the population of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in Lake Erie has not changed remarkably since the 1970s.