The effect of localised eutrophication on competition between Ulva lactuca (Ulvaceae,Chlorophyta) and a commercial resource of Gracilaria verrucosa (Gracilariaceae,Rhodophyta) |
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Authors: | Anderson Robert J Monteiro Pedro M S Levitt Graham J |
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Institution: | (1) Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Private Bag X2, 8012 Roggebaai, South Africa |
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Abstract: | In spring (August) 1993 a bloom of Ulva lactuca appeared for the first time in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, and persisted through summer. Ulva wash-ups contaminated the beach and part of the commercial Gracilaria beach-cast had to be discarded. The biomass and distribution of Gracilaria and Ulva are described in relation to the seasonal water chemistry of the bay. Gracilaria survives in deeper water in summer by the pulsing of nutrients on an approximately 6-day cycle of movement of the thermocline that separates nutrient-rich bottom water from warm oligotrophic surface water. Ammonium-rich fish-factory discharge into this surface layer in a sector of the bay provided localised conditions for Ulva to out-compete Gracilaria at depths of 2–5m, demonstrating the powerful disruptive effect of eutrophication in this strongly stratified system. |
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Keywords: | ammonium competition eutrophication Gracilaria seaweed Ulva |
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