Effects of Microcystis blooms on the crustacean plankton community: enclosure experiments in a subtropical lake

Chen, Feizhou; Tang, Huijuan; Shu, Tingting; Wang, Wenxia; Zhou, Libin

doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1480-2

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“…Cyanobacterial bloom, especially that of Microcystis, can alter the composition and abundance of zooplankton through its toxicity, poor nutritive value, large colony, or altering the interactions between species of zooplankton (Fulton and Paerl 1988;Ferrão-Filho et al 2000;Sushchick et al 2004). In an enclosure experiment, the densities of crustacean zooplankton have been shown to negatively correlate with Microcystis biomass (Ghadouani et al 2003;Chen et al 2005). In this study, we also observed densities of crustacean zooplankton to decrease with an increase of Microcystis biomass.…”

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Zooplankton response to the lake restoration in the drinking-water source in Meiliang Bay of subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Chen

Shu

et al. 2012

Limnologica

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a b s t r a c tA 3-year ecological engineering project was carried out from 2003 to 2005 in the drinking water source in Meiliang Bay, Lake Taihu, China. The project area was divided into three zones: Zone C (outside the area), Zone B (pelagic part within the area) and Zone A (littoral part within the area). The community composition, density and biomass of zooplankton were studied as a part in the lake restoration study. Also, the abundance, biomass and composition of fish in the engineering area were annually analyzed in the littoral zone (Zone A). The average density of cladocerans decreased from the outer part to the inner part of the lake, i.e., from Zone C to Zone A, while the average density of copepod did not significantly vary among the 3 zones. The average densities of rotifer and ciliate increased from Zone C to Zone A. RDA analysis indicated that Microcystis biomass more impacted the zooplankton compositions after temperature. In Zone A, many planktivorous fishes, e.g., Coilia nasus, Hemiculter leucisculus, Pseudorasbora parva, dominated the fish community, which caused a marked decrease in the abundance of cladocerans, especially large-sized cladoceran Daphnia galeata and Daphnia obtusa. Our results suggested that both fish predation and other environmental factors such as the Microcystis bloom greatly affected the zooplankton community during the restoration of subtropical eutrophic lakes.

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Zooplankton response to the lake restoration in the drinking-water source in Meiliang Bay of subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Chen

Shu

et al. 2012

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“…Lake Taihu has been threatened by extensive and recurrent cyanobacteria blooms during the past decades . Although water management strategies against blooms in Taihu are starting to take effect, many water bodies worldwide are experiencing blooms due to heavy eutrophication (Paerl et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2005;van de Waal et al, 2010;Falconer, 1999). Simjouw et al (2004) suggest that annual fluctuations in DOC concentration are closely associated with phytoplankton blooms.…”

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Influence of nitrate and dissolved organic carbon loading on the interaction of Microcystis aeruginosa and heterotrophic bacteria from hyper-eutrophic lake (Taihu Lake, China)

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a b s t r a c tTo investigate the interaction between cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria under gradients of glucose and nitrate, a cyanobacterial strain of Microcystis aeruginosa was grown in microcosms with and without a freshwater bacterial mixture, which was collected from Lake Taihu. Concentrations of glucose (1350, 975, 600, 300, 150, and 37.5 mol C L −1 ) and nitrate (150, 300, and 9000 mol N L −1 ) were used in a range of combinations giving 9 different treatments of glucose:nitrate. In the microcosm without the bacterial mixture, M. aeruginosa abundance gradually increased with days in all treatments. However, M. aeruginosa had much lower density in some treatments with the bacterial mixture. The difference in M. aeruginosa growth could be explained by competition with bacteria in the cultures in which these were added. The abundance of M. aeruginosa and bacteria when grown together was nearly equal and the number of the bacterial species was highest in the treatment with 300 mol C L −1 and 150 mol N L −1 . Our results suggest that at this glucose:nitrate ratio M. aeruginosa and the bacterial mixture maintain a balance, and bacteria maintain diversity. In conclusion, we propose that dissolved organic carbon and nitrate availability fundamentally affects the structure as well as stoichiometry of pelagic associations.

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“…Some cyanobacteria can be unsuitable as a food source for herbivorous zooplankton and inhibit not only feeding ability but also zooplankton growth (Chen et al 2005).…”

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Stable carbon isotope signatures of zooplankton in some reservoirs in Korea

Lee¹,

Lee²,

Jang³

et al. 2013

J. Ecol. Environ.

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Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and zooplankton and particulate organic matter (POM) δ 13C values were measured in five reservoirs in Korea. Zooplankton δ 13 C and POM δ 13C showed large range from -33‰ to -22‰ and a significant difference among the reservoirs. One eutrophic reservoir, Lake Masan, showed unique characteristics with the highest zooplankton density, the highest δ 13 C, and the highest DOC. Zooplankton δ 13 C was similar to POM δ 13 C, implying that zooplankton occupies substantial portion of POM or that zooplankton isotopic composition is related to selective grazing and assimilation of food sources from bulk POM. Except Lake Masan zooplankton δ 13 C values were negatively correlated to DOC concentration in four reservoirs with mostly forest land use. This pattern can be probably attributed to intensive agricultural land use in the watershed of Lake Masan compared to the mostly forest land use in the other watersheds. Understanding the relationship between zooplankton δ 13 C values and the origin of organic matter associated with watershed characteristics will be valuable to better understand trophic relationships in reservoirs in the summer monsoon region.

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Effects of Microcystis blooms on the crustacean plankton community: enclosure experiments in a subtropical lake

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Zooplankton response to the lake restoration in the drinking-water source in Meiliang Bay of subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Zooplankton response to the lake restoration in the drinking-water source in Meiliang Bay of subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Influence of nitrate and dissolved organic carbon loading on the interaction of Microcystis aeruginosa and heterotrophic bacteria from hyper-eutrophic lake (Taihu Lake, China)

Stable carbon isotope signatures of zooplankton in some reservoirs in Korea

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