Factors controlling phytoplankton blooms in a temperate estuary: nutrient limitation and physical forcing
Pilkaityte, R.; Razinkovas, A. (2006). Factors controlling phytoplankton blooms in a temperate estuary: nutrient limitation and physical forcing, in: Queiroga, H. et al. (Ed.) Marine biodiversity: patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183: pp. 41-48. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1104-6 In: Queiroga, H. et al. (2006). Marine biodiversity - Patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. European Marine Biology Symposia, 38. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183. ISBN 1-4020-4321-X. XV, 353 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4697-9, more In: European Marine Biology Symposia., more |
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| Keywords | Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Tests > Bioassays
Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | phytoplankton; temperate estuary; nutrient enrichment bioassays |
| Abstract | A combination of enclosure nutrient enrichment experiments and historical data analysis was used to identify the factors controlling seasonal dynamics and competition of the phytoplankton community in the Curonian lagoon (Southeast Baltic Sea). Experiments using different nutrient (N, P and Si) manipulations were performed in 10-l enclosures for 48 h. Changes in chlorophyll a concentrations, inorganic nutrient concentrations, and plankton cell density were monitored. Results revealed that phytoplankton development in the lagoon is strongly affected by ambient physical factors (wind, temperature). Nutrient limitation, however, also plays an important role in seasonal succession mechanisms showing quite distinct seasonal development patterns. Based on the data, available phytoplankton seasonal succession in the Curonian lagoon could be described as composed by three phases corresponding to different domination and regulatory mechanisms. |
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