| Titre : | Responses of estuarine phytoplankton communities to nitrogen form and mixing using microcosm bioassays |
| Auteurs : | T. L. Richardson, Auteur ; J. L. Pinckney, Auteur ; H. W. Paerl, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Estuaries (24(6A) DEC 2001) |
| Article en page(s) : | 828-839 |
| Résumé : | We examined the effects of different forms of nitrogen and mixed versus static conditions on the structure and function of natural Neuse River estuary phytoplankton communities incubated in 66-liter microcosms in March, May, August, and November 1999. Significant differences were found between effects of mixed versus static treatments in three of four experiments, but no differences were observed between effects of different forms of nitrogen. Mixed incubations resulted in higher contributions of diatoms to total community biomass (measured as chlorophyll a) than in static tanks in May. Significantly higher rates of carbon fixation were also observed, likely due to increased suspension of diatoms in surface (illuminated) layers of the tanks. In August, we found significantly higher abundances of cyanobacteria, total community biomass, and rates of carbon fixation in static tanks than in tanks that were mixed. In November, static incubations showed significantly higher abundances of cryptophytes resulting in higher total community biomass and rates of carbon fixation in static tank than in mixed tanks. Nitrogen additions significantly increased total community biomass relative to controls in May and August, indicating that die communities were nitrogen-limited at these times. We conclude that while nitrogen additions may result in increases in phytoplankton biomass when nitrogen is limiting, phytoplankton community structure in the Neuse River Estuary may be determined more by the hydrodynamics of the system (mixing versus stratification) than by the form of nitrogen available for growth. |
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