Transplant experiments. Growth-limiting factors for diatoms and bluegreen algae in Norwegian lakes |
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Authors: | Øivind Løvstad |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Limnology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1027, Blindern, N- Oslo 3, Norway |
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Abstract: | Population densities and total phosphorus concentrations in samples from different lakes of south-eastern Norway were determined. In addition some transplant experiments with dilute phytoplankton populations were carried out. A laboratory batch culture method was used.The diatoms studied may be divided into three ecological groups based on their cell densities and total phosphorus concentrations in the samples. This classification was supported by the experimental results.
Cyclotella spp., Asterionella formosa and Tabellaria fenestrata did not grow or had low growth rates above pH 9. Synedra cf. acus and Fragilaria crontonensis had often high growth rates within the pH 9–10 range, but were not able to grow at pH values above 10. High pH-values had no effect on the growth rate of Oscillatoria.
Oscillatoria, Synedra and Stephanodiscus were severely growth-limited in filtered water from oligotrophic lakes. Maximum growth rates of all the populations studied were often obtained after addition of phosphate and chelated iron (FeEDTA) in combination to filtered water samples from oligotrophic/mesotrophic lakes. |
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Keywords: | lakes phytoplankton populations bioassays growth limitation phosphorus pH chelated iron |
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