Long term nutrient loads and chlorophyll dynamics in a large temperate Australian lagoon system affected by recurring blooms of cyanobacteria

Autor: Perran L. M. Cook, Daryl Philip Holland
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Biogeochemistry. 107:261-274
ISSN: 1573-515X
0168-2563
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9551-1
Popis: While rare globally, blooms of the toxic cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena are a recurring problem in a few estuaries, such as the Baltic Sea and several southern Australian estuaries. Here, we document recurring Nodularia spumigena Mertens blooms in the Gippsland Lakes, S.E. Australia; a temperate lagoon system with episodic, winter-spring dominated catchment inflows. Physico-chemical conditions exerted a strong influence over bloom development, with blooms consistently occurring at surface water salinities between 9 and 20 (average = 15), inorganic nitrogen concentrations
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