Beta
221468

Co-varying Environmental Conditions Control the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of <i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> and <i>Botryococcus braunii</i> in a Freshwater Ecosystem

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

NOZHA lake (South of Alexandria City, Egypt), an artificial freshwater basin, receives its water supply from the Nile River and from the surrounded urban area, which affect the ecological balance. Results during a year cycle (December 2017 to November 2018) revealed scums and dispersive blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa Kützing (Cyanophyta) and Botryococcus braunii Kützing (Chlorophyta), in no particular season, under a wide range of environmental conditions. Microcystis aeruginosa was a persistent form during the whole period, culminating in visible blooms in December, June, and September. The distinctive role of temperature was evidenced during the transient periods in spring and summer. The inorganic dissolved nitrate, ammonia, and phosphate might affect the variability in the community structure and abundance. Stoichiometric analyses indicated major potential nitrogen limitation (63.89% of the total observations), whereas 15.28% of the total observations were P limiting, and 20.83% of the total observations were either N or P limiting. Hence, the reduction of only one type of nutrients can lead to an imbalance in the ratio. The major bloom peaks of M. aeruginosa and B. braunii detected in June and September raised chlorophyll a content to its extreme values (16.5 and 21.8mg L−1, respectively). The blooms of B. braunii influenced the accompanied phytoplankton species diversity with different degrees to explain the interaction with eutrophic fast-growing Chlorella vulgaris green algae.

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2022.93159.1769

Keywords

Algal blooms, Freshwater ecosystem, Nozha lake

Authors

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Hosny

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Alexandria, Egypt

Email

shimaasea@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-3661-3311

First Name

Wagdy

Last Name

Labib

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Alexandria, Egypt

Email

wagdysea@hotmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

-

Volume

62

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

33732

Issue Date

2022-05-01

Receive Date

2021-08-29

Publish Date

2022-05-01

Page Start

431

Page End

441

Print ISSN

0375-9237

Online ISSN

2357-0350

Link

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_221468.html

Detail API

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=221468

Order

10

Type

Original Article

Type Code

111

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Botany

Publication Link

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Co-varying Environmental Conditions Control the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of <i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> and <i>Botryococcus braunii</i> in a Freshwater Ecosystem

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023