Diurnal changes in the vertical distribution of phytoplankton in hypertrophic Lake Kasumigaura,Japan |
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Authors: | Noriko Takamura Masayuki Yasuno |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Environmental Biology, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305 Yatabe, Tsukuba, Japan |
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Abstract: | The daily vertical migration of five species;Microcystis aeruginosa (Kütz.) Trevis,Anabaena spiroides Klebahn f.crassa (L.) Elenkin,Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (L.) Ralfs,Melosira granulata (E). Ralfs, andCoscinodiscus lacustris Grun. was studied using a close-interval water sampler on a calm summer day in Lake Kasumigaura. Many colonies ofMicrocystis were observed at the middle of the water column (approx. 1.5 m depth) in the afternoon, and at the surface in the early morning.Anabaena occurred mostly in the upper layer whileAphanizomenon tended to be uniformly distributed. The difference in migration patterns suggests thatMicrocystis is superior toAnabaena andAphanizomenon in obtaining both light and nutrients from this lake. Among diatoms,Melosira remained at the bottom of the water column throughout day and night, but Coscinodiscus was uniformly distributed. |
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Keywords: | daily migration blue-green algae diatoms Lake Kasumigaura |
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