Algal growth in warm temperate reservoirs: Kinetic examination of nitrogen, temperature, light, and other nutrients

被引:66
作者
Sterner, RW
Grover, JP
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, St Paul, MN 55328 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Dept Biol, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
phytoplankton; nitrogen; phosphorus; trace-nutrients; temperature; light; Texas; monod; water-quality; model;
D O I
10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00165-1
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Nutrient limited growth of the phytoplankton assemblage in two Texas reservoirs was studied by a combination of nutrient addition experiments and statistical modeling. Dilution bioassays were run to ascertain-the qualitative and quantitative patterns in nutrient limitation. Algal growth was frequently and strongly nutrient limited, particularly when temperature was >22 degrees C. By itself, N was more often stimulatory than P, though strong additional enhancement of growth by P and trace nutrients was often detected. Monod growth kinetics indicated that half-saturation constants for N limited growth for the entire algal assemblage were in the range 20-200 mu g N/L, relatively high compared to literature values, and increased with increasing temperature. Maximal growth was also an increasing function of temperature. A single temperature-dependent model was fit to the growth dynamics for all experiments showing N-limitation. The model mu = 0.0256.T([DIN]/66.0 + [DIN]) where mu is specific growth rate (d(-1)), T is temperature (degrees C) and [DIN] is dissolved inorganic N (mu mol/L) fit the experimental results reasonably well (r(2) = 0.82). However, only a modest predictive power for growth in the controls (our best estimate of growth in situ) was achieved (r(2) = 0.26). Thus, even with unusually detailed, site-specific fitting of model parameters, accurately modeling algal growth in natural ecosystems can remain a challenge. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3539 / 3548
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