The characteristics of Cladophora community and its influencing factors in a eutrophic lake
GUO Liang-liang1,2, LI Lu1,2, LI Li-jie1,2, LI Dun-hai1, LI Gen-bao1
1. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract:In order to study the Cladophora community characteristics and the factors influenced the process in eutrophic lakes, the marble plates were placed in the depth of 5, 25, 45, 65, 85cm in coastal of Caohai Lake used for the measurement of the biomass of Cladophora community, the length of Cladophora and the density and composition of attached diatom. After two weeks, the biggest biomass of Cladophora community was 9.0mg/cm2 at underwater 25cm. Four weeks later, the biggest biomass of the Cladophora community was 14.0mg/cm2 at underwater 5cm, which was 1.62 times that of the Cladophora community underwater 25cm. During the experiment, the Cladophora community biomass at 65cm and 85cm were 2.86mg/cm2 and 1.39mg/cm2, respectively, which are less than those of other depth of water. The longest length of the Cladophora filaments was 11.8cm at the depth of 5cm. At the 6th week, the biggest density of attached diatoms community was 7.8×106 cells/cm2 at the depth of 5cm. Statistical analysis indicated that the characteristics of Cladophora community were significantly affected by NH4+-N concentration, underwater light intensity and SRP concentration, and species composition of attached diatom were significantly affected by NH4+-N concentration and pH value.
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GUO Liang-liang, LI Lu, LI Li-jie, LI Dun-hai, LI Gen-bao. The characteristics of Cladophora community and its influencing factors in a eutrophic lake. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2017, 37(12): 4667-4674.
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