Phytoplankton biomass in relation to nutrients and zooplankton in thirty subtropical lakes adjacent to the Yangtze River, China | |
Wang, Songbo; Xie, Ping; Wu, Shikai; Liang, Xiaomin; Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Donghu Expt Stn, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China | |
2007 | |
Source Publication | FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY
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ISSN | 1863-9135 |
Volume | 169Issue:1Pages:49-55 |
Abstract | A total of 30 shallow lakes, located along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, were studied to assess the relative importance of nutrients and zooplankton biomass in determining the phytoplankton biomass in subtropical China. Zooplankton biomass and nutrients both varied greatly in these lakes. Factor analysis and multiple linear regression showed that phytoplankton biomass was positively correlated with TN, NH4+, NO3- and TP, while it did not show any negative relationship to zooplankton biomass. Meanwhile, the phytoplankton biomass showed contrary relationships to the mass ratio of TN/TP in spring and summer, suggesting that in nutrient-richer lakes the dominant phytoplankton species have different preferences for TN/TP ratio. The insignificant top-down control of phytoplankton biomass may be attributed to the dominance of small-sized crustaceans and low crustacean biomass resulting from cyanobacterial dominance and planktivorous fish predation as well as other factors. Thus, it is likely that nutrients were more important than zooplankton biomass in explaining the total variance of phytoplaDkton biomass in these subtropical lakes.; A total of 30 shallow lakes, located along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, were studied to assess the relative importance of nutrients and zooplankton biomass in determining the phytoplankton biomass in subtropical China. Zooplankton biomass and nutrients both varied greatly in these lakes. Factor analysis and multiple linear regression showed that phytoplankton biomass was positively correlated with TN, NH4+, NO3- and TP, while it did not show any negative relationship to zooplankton biomass. Meanwhile, the phytoplankton biomass showed contrary relationships to the mass ratio of TN/TP in spring and summer, suggesting that in nutrient-richer lakes the dominant phytoplankton species have different preferences for TN/TP ratio. The insignificant top-down control of phytoplankton biomass may be attributed to the dominance of small-sized crustaceans and low crustacean biomass resulting from cyanobacterial dominance and planktivorous fish predation as well as other factors. Thus, it is likely that nutrients were more important than zooplankton biomass in explaining the total variance of phytoplaDkton biomass in these subtropical lakes. |
Subtype | Article |
Keyword | Lake Water Quality Phosphorus Nitrogen Zooplankton Grazing Correlation |
Department | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Donghu Expt Stn, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
Subject Area | Limnology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
DOI | 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0169-0049 |
WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Research Area | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS Subject | Limnology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS ID | WOS:000247325700004 |
WOS Keyword | EUROPEAN MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT ; TROPHIC STATE RELATIONSHIPS ; CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON ; SHALLOW LAKES ; GRAZING PRESSURE ; FISH PREDATION ; FLORIDA LAKES ; DANISH LAKES ; DAPHNIA ; USA |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/8546 |
Collection | 期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Donghu Expt Stn, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
Affiliation | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Donghu Expt Stn, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, Songbo,Xie, Ping,Wu, Shikai,et al. Phytoplankton biomass in relation to nutrients and zooplankton in thirty subtropical lakes adjacent to the Yangtze River, China[J]. FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY,2007,169(1):49-55. |
APA | Wang, Songbo,Xie, Ping,Wu, Shikai,Liang, Xiaomin,&Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Donghu Expt Stn, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China.(2007).Phytoplankton biomass in relation to nutrients and zooplankton in thirty subtropical lakes adjacent to the Yangtze River, China.FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY,169(1),49-55. |
MLA | Wang, Songbo,et al."Phytoplankton biomass in relation to nutrients and zooplankton in thirty subtropical lakes adjacent to the Yangtze River, China".FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY 169.1(2007):49-55. |
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