Cyanobacteria community in two tropical eutrophic reservoirs in northeastern Brazil

Autor: Fábio Henrique Portella Corrêa de Oliveira, Joanne D'Arc Bezerra da Silva, Anapaula Nunes Silvestre Fernandes Costa, Waldemir Pimentel Ramalho, César Henrique Pinto Moreira, Tiago Luiz Santana Calazans
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 169-176 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1679-9283
1807-863X
DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v37i2.26418
Popis: This study investigated the effect of seasonality on the Cyanobacteria community in two tropical eutrophic reservoirs in northeastern Brazil. Monthly samplings were conducted in the sub-surface of reservoirs. The following abiotic variables were analyzed: apparent color, turbidity, conductivity, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfate, total phosphorous, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, chlorides, total hardness and chlorophyll-a, according to APHA (2012). Cyanobacteria density was quantified through biomass. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Redundancy Analysis (RDA). Higher mean values of Cyanobacteria biomass occurred in the dry (9.9mm3 L-1) and rainy (19.0mm3 L-1) season in Jucazinho and Carpina reservoirs, respectively, especially Planktothrix agardhii, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Geiterinema amphibium, which occurred in 100% of the samples. RDA analysis revealed that the variables nitrite, ammonia, conductivity, calcium, sulfate, chlorides and alkalinity influenced most the Cyanobacteria community in both reservoirs. High trophic state index was observed throughout the year. Seasonality affected both biotic and abiotic variables.
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