Phosphorus release from cyanobacterial blooms in Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu, China |
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Authors: | Xiaoming ChuaiWei Ding Xiaofeng ChenXiaolin Wang Aijun MiaoBeidou Xi Lianshen HeLiuyan Yang |
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Affiliation: | a State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China b Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China |
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Abstract: | To investigate the relationship between cyanobacterial density and phosphorus release into a lake aquatic environment, in situ experiments with 2.5 L microcosms were conducted in Meiliang Bay, located in the northern part of Lake Taihu, China. The effects of different environmental factors on phosphorus release and the ways changes of water quality indexes are involved in phosphorus release were further examined. It was found that total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) concentration kept to low levels (around 0.488 mg L−1) in the microcosm with the low cyanobacterial density (8.85 × 107 cell L−1) throughout the experimental period, whereas first-order kinetics of TDP release was observed in microcosms with intermediate (7.60 × 108 cell L−1) and high cyanobacterial density (3.65 × 109 cell L−1). Accordingly their TDP release rate constants were both approximately 0.8930 d−1 in the latter two treatments. The dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) concentrations also increased with the increase of cyanobacterial density in 4 days. However, the DIP decreased from 35.52 mg L−1 on day 4 to 6.72 mg L−1 on day 6 in microcosm with the high cyanobacterial density during the experiments. Temperature could remarkably improve phosphorus release, while disturbance and illumination had negative effects on it. In addition, both TDP and DIP concentrations were positively correlated with electronic conductivity, salinity and total dissolved solid, but negatively correlated to chlorophyll-a and cyanobacterial density when cyanobacterial density was more than 7.60 × 108 cell L−1. Thus, more phosphorus can be released from cyanobacterial blooms at higher cyanobacterial densities in Meiliang Bay, which is also determined by high temperature. Higher dissolved phosphorus concentration in cyanobacteria-dominated lakes (regions) is mainly due to the decomposition of cyanobacteria during the outbreak of cyanobacterial bloom in Lake Taihu, especially in Meiliang Bay. |
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Keywords: | Lake Taihu Bloom-cyanobacteria Phosphorus release Environmental factor Water quality parameter Biological index |
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