Physico-chemical control of the growth of a diatom, Asterionella formosa Hass., in a shallow eutrophic lake |
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Authors: | Kudoh Sakae; Takahashi Masayuki |
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Institution: | Botany Department, University of Tokyo Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan |
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Abstract: | Physico-chemical environmental control of the growth rate ofan algal population, the pennate diatom Asterionella formasaHass., was investigated for a year in natural water. This speciesoccurred in vegetative form in the water column all the time,although its population density varied by five orders of magnitudefrom a maximum of 1.4?106 cells l1 in February to a minimumof 0.8?101 cells l1 in August. A mathematical model ofa combination of multiplicative and Liebig types suggested thatvegetative cells were severely limited in their growth rate,reaching almost 80% depression of the maximum rate between Decemberand February by low temperatures and nearly 50% depression inwarm seasons by light intensity. Nutrient limitations were onlyobserved in May, August and September, although they were notas great as by temperature and light intensity in the studylake. Population changing rates of A.formosa determined in thelake were low and agreed well with the estimated growth ratesduring winter, but those in summer were low and disagreed withthe estimated high growth rates. This suggests that populationchange of the species was highly dependent upon the specificgrowth rate in winter, but other factors became predominantin summer. |
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