焦酚对共培养铜绿微囊藻和雨生红球藻影响的初步研究

以单株藻为对象的纯培养抑藻测试体系被广泛用于化感抑藻活性物质筛选和作用机理研究,但自然水体中藻类常常相伴而生并相互作用,共存藻类对化感物质抑藻效果的影尚不清楚。为探讨藻类共存状态下对化感物质的响应,选择沉水植物穗花狐尾藻(Myriophyllum spicatum)的典型化感抑藻物质焦酚,以有害蓝藻铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)和经济绿藻雨生红球藻(Haematococcuspluvialis)为受试藻,同时设置混合共培养体系和纯培养体系,比较焦酚对不同培养体系中两株藻的影响。结果显示,纯培养和共培养体系中,焦酚对铜绿微囊藻细胞增长的抑制率分别为96.82%和93.18%,而对雨生红球藻细胞增长的抑制率显著降低,分别为29.39%和45.40%。焦酚处理的纯培养和共培养体系中铜绿微囊藻胞外藻毒素质量浓度分别为3.23、2.00μg·L~(-1),雨生红球藻单个细胞内虾青素质量浓度分别为0.82、1.21 pg·cell-1。与纯培养相比,共培养体系中焦酚对铜绿微囊藻生长的抑制作用减弱,微囊藻毒素释放量显著降低(P0.05),而对雨生红球藻生长的抑制作用增强(P0.05),单个细胞内虾青素积累量最大(P0.05),表明两者共存减弱了焦酚对铜绿微囊藻的抑制效应,却增强了焦酚对雨生红球藻的影响。这些结果初步说明共存藻类会影响化感物质对目标藻株的抑制效应,在后续化感抑藻作用研究中,充分考虑藻类所处生物和非生物环境,将有助于深入揭示水生植物化感抑藻作用生态机制,明确化感作用和化感物质的生态学价值。     

几种观赏型沉水植物对富营养化蓝绿藻类的抑制作用

一些大型沉水植物种类的存在对"水华"藻类的生长具有抑制作用,其主要机制是水生高等植物不仅与藻类竞争营养、光照和生长空间等生态资源,而且还可以向水中分泌具有抑制藻类生长的化感物质。通过连续滴加种植水的方式研究了3种观赏型沉水植物矮慈菇(Sagittaria pygmaea Miq)、杉叶藻(Hippuris vulgaris.)、石龙尾(Limnophila heterophylla)对5种富营养化淡水藻,蓝藻:铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aerugnasa)、纤维席藻(Phormidium tenue);绿藻:衣藻(Chlamy domonas sajao)、四尾栅藻(Scenedesmus quaclricauda)、小球藻(Chlorella pyrenoidosa)的抑制作用。研究结果表明:(1)矮慈菇种植水对铜绿微囊藻、四尾栅藻、纤维席藻的生长没有影响,对小球藻的生长具有促进作用,对衣藻的生长具有明显的抑制作用;(2)杉叶藻种植水小球藻、衣藻和纤维席藻的生长没有影响,对四尾栅藻的生长具有促进作用,对铜绿微囊藻生长具有明显的抑制作用;(3)石龙尾种植水对小球藻、四尾栅藻、纤维席藻都具有明显的抑制作用,对铜绿微囊藻的生长没有影响,对衣藻的生长具有促进作用。3种沉水植物中,石龙尾的抑藻能力最强,矮慈菇和杉叶藻次之,石龙尾的化感抑藻效应更具有广谱性,在富营养化水体中与蓝绿藻类的竞争更具有优势,比较适用于改善城市景观水体水环境质量。     

对叔丁基邻苯二酚对铜绿微囊藻的化感抑制作用

利用藻种群竞争机制和藻间化感作用,筛选化感物质作为除藻功能材料是藻华控制技术近年来的研究热点.研究利用课题组前期工作成果,从藻滤液中甄别出化感物质对叔丁基邻苯二酚(TBC),在此基础上针对典型蓝藻铜绿微囊藻,进行了系列药剂抑藻实验.通过研究发现,与邻苯二酚及龙胆酸相比,TBC抑制铜绿微囊藻生长的效果更好.在初始藻密度为1×10~6cell·mL~(-1)条件下,TBC投加浓度为0.05 mg·L~(-1)时,短时间内可对铜绿微囊藻起到显著的抑制作用,0.1 mg·L~(-1)的投加浓度则可维持15 d不复发.当初始藻密度为5×105—5×106cell·mL~(-1)时,投加0.1 mg·L~(-1)TBC能在15 d达到90%以上的抑制率,且藻生物量9 d内不反弹.在pH 6.5—8.5范围,TBC具有较好且持久的抑藻效果.在25—35℃下,TBC对铜绿微囊藻都具有较好的抑制效果,其中25℃抑制效果好于35℃.     

光合细菌对铜绿微囊藻生长的抑制效应

为了探讨光合细菌对水华藻类的控制作用,在实验室条件下,通过菌藻共同培养,研究了沼泽红假单孢菌(Rhodopseudomonas palustras)、球形红细菌(Rhodobacter sphaeroides)及其混合培养物对铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)生长的抑制效应.实验结果表明,光合细菌混合培养物对铜绿微囊藻抑藻作用最强,培养5 d时,铜绿微囊藻生物量降低率达58.9%,培养时间、培养温度、菌体投加量及培养基pH值等对光合细菌混合培养物的抑藻作用均有不同程度的影响.光合细菌混合培养物发挥抑藻作用的适宜条件为培养温度25℃,培养时间≤5 d,光合细菌投加量(V_(光合细菌菌悬液):V_(藻培养液)=1:80),藻培养基pH为8.0左右.     

发酵稻草抑藻机理研究

稻草在通气条件下经1个月发酵后,发酵稻草及其发酵液对鱼腥藻和念珠藻的生长具有显著的抑制效果,而对小球藻的抑制效果不明显,这说明发酵稻草的抑藻作用是有特异性的;经过灭菌的发酵稻草、没有经过发酵的稻草则没有抑藻作用,显示抑制藻类的物质是在稻草经过发酵后形成的,且该物质对热敏感。我们从发酵稻草中分离出21株微生物,发现其中一株(B3)具有和发酵稻草相同的抑藻效果,它能强烈地抑制鱼腥藻和念珠藻的生长,但它的发酵滤液没有抑制作用。本实验表明发酵稻草的抑藻作用是由于稻草在发酵过程中富集了某种微生物,这种微生物直接作用于藻类,使藻类的生长受到抑制,甚至死亡。     

微囊藻毒素对几种淡水微藻的生长和光合活性的影响

微囊藻毒素(MC)是富营养化淡水水体中最常见的藻类毒素,而MC对藻类生长效应的影响却鲜见报道.通过模拟培养实验,研究了不同质量浓度的MC-RR对淡水藻类的生长和光合效能的影响.结果显示,100 μg·L-1以下的MC-RR对产毒铜绿微囊藻Ds(Microcystis aeruginosa Ds)作用并不明显;相反,100 μg·L-1 MC-RR对铜绿微囊藻无毒株854(Microcystis aeruginosa 854)有显著的杀藻效应,表明MC可能改变浮游植物种群中产毒与非产毒微囊藻的比例.MC-RR对其它藻类的作用因种类不同而效果各异.100 μg·L-1 MC-RR可显著抑制细长聚球藻(Synechococcus elongatus)的生长,并诱使水华束丝藻(Aphanizomenon flos-aquae)发生溶藻效应;100 mg.L-1显著降低了聚球藻和束丝藻的光合活性,表明微囊藻毒素对藻类生长的抑制与其对光合活性的抑制有关.100 μg·L-1以下的 MC-RR对蛋白核小球藻(Chlorella pyrenoidosa)、斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus)、水华鱼腥藻(Anabaena flos-aquae)的生长没有明显影响;1 000 μg·L-1 MC-RR 则可促进这三种藻的生长,但对小球藻和鱼腥藻的光合效能没有明显影响.以上结果说明MC参与浮游植物的种间相互作用与种群调节.     

氮磷质量浓度对普通小球藻和鱼腥藻生长竞争的影响

研究氮磷质量浓度对藻类生长竞争的影响,对于揭示如何通过控制环境因子促进有益藻类生长繁殖、抑制有害藻类生长繁殖,并利用藻类调节养殖环境和提高水体初级生产力具有重要意义。设置了4个氮磷质量浓度梯度(N 0.18μg·m L-1,P0.025μg·m L-1;N 0.36μg·m L-1,P 0.050μg·m L-1;N 0.72μg·m L-1,P 0.100μg·m L-1;N 3.60μg·m L-1,P 0.500μg·m L-1),通过测算比生长速率、生长曲线、竞争抑制参数,研究了不同氮磷质量浓度对普通小球藻(Chlorella vulgaris)和鱼腥藻(Anabaenasp.strain PCC)生长和种间竞争的影响。结果表明,在单种培养体系中,普通小球藻和鱼腥藻的最大藻细胞数量均随氮磷质量浓度的增加而增加,最大藻细胞数量分别为198.9×105 cells·m L-1和424.8×105 cells·m L-1;氮磷质量浓度对藻类的竞争能够产生明显影响,在共培养体系中,鱼腥藻的最大藻细胞数量表现为:中高氮磷组(208.9×105 cells·m L-1)中低氮磷组(98.3×105 cells·m L-1)高氮磷组(64.7×105 cells·m L-1)低氮磷组(45.3×105 cells·m L-1)。同时,种间竞争抑制参数的测算结果表明,4组氮磷质量浓度下鱼腥藻对普通小球藻的竞争抑制参数(α)分别为2.599、0.564、0.772、1.618,普通小球藻对鱼腥藻的竞争抑制参数(β)分别为0.434、0.321、0.466、-8.899,鱼腥藻对普通小球藻的竞争抑制参数(α)均大于普通小球藻对鱼腥藻的竞争抑制参数(β);低氮磷质量浓度时,鱼腥藻对普通小球藻的竞争抑制参数(α)最大,为2.599;中高氮磷质量浓度时,普通小球藻对鱼腥藻的竞争抑制参数(β)最大,为0.466。根据Lotka-Volterra竞争模型中的两物种竞争结局可初步判断,低、中高氮磷、高氮磷质量浓度时,鱼腥藻在竞争中占优势;中低氮磷质量浓度时,鱼腥藻和普通小球藻稳定共存。     

上海某河口型景观湖冬季附着藻类的建群过程初探

为了解河口型水体附着藻类的建群过程,并获得群落成熟时间,于2015年冬季采用载玻片法对上海临港地区某景观湖进行研究。结果表明,附着藻类共检测出4门37属65种,其中硅藻门数量最多,占附着藻类数量的69.57%,其次为绿藻门,占25.95%。附着藻类总丰度在27 d时达到峰值,丰度为1.13×10~4～500×10~4 cm~(-2);硅藻丰度在25 d时出现峰值,丰度为1.13×10~4～299.05×10~4 cm~(-2)。聚类分析(CA)、非度量多维尺度分析(N-MDS)和相似性分析(ANOSIM)将附着藻类建群过程分为5个阶段,各阶段主要优势属分别为菱形藻属、针杆藻属和脆杆藻属,菱形藻属和针杆藻属,菱形藻属,菱形藻属和毛枝藻属,以及异极藻属和毛枝藻属。另外,通过分析藻类群落光合荧光参数动态变化发现,PSⅡ最大光能转换效率(F_v/F_m)变化与附着藻类总丰度变化趋势较一致,可作为指示附着藻类建群过程的潜在指标。挂片后3.5～4周,附着藻类群落发育逐渐成熟,此时段采样效果较佳。     

绿潮藻类暴发对天鹅湖水体和沉积物磷含量的影响

在荣成天鹅湖藻类暴发区域采集新鲜沉积物和丝状硬毛藻（Chaetomorpha spp.）,进行室内模拟试验,监测了生长过程中硬毛藻的生物量、磷富集量以及不同处理水体总磷（TP）和可溶性磷（SRP）质量浓度的变化,并分析了藻类生长对沉积物中各形态磷含量的影响。结果表明,当水体磷含量较高时,硬毛藻生长较快,相对生长速率高达14.88%,之后随着水体磷浓度的下降,生长速率逐渐减小。不同处理间硬毛藻的生物量相差很大,高磷含量处理显著高于低磷处理,最大差值可达26.50 g。随着藻类的生长,水体TP和SRP含量明显降低,其中高磷含量处理的TP质量浓度由0.93 mg·L-1降至0.01 mg·L-1,低磷含量处理水体SRP质量浓度均降至0.006 mg·L-1以下。当水体磷含量降至一定水平,沉积物中磷可向水体释放,其中可还原态磷和铁铝结合态磷的降幅分别为23.98%和12.61%。在高磷含量处理组,藻体中磷的富集量显著升高,且当水体磷含量相同的条件下,有沉积物处理的富集量显著高于无沉积物处理。相关分析表明,藻体生物量与水体TP和SRP的相关性较好,其中高磷含量处理组生物量与水体TP、SRP呈高度负相关,而相对生长速率与之呈显著正相关。结果说明,水体及沉积物中磷均可作为硬毛藻生长的营养来源;另一方面,藻类生长可明显降低水体磷含量,并促进沉积物中磷的释放。     

微生物和硬毛藻对天鹅湖不同湖区沉积物氮磷释放的影响

荣成天鹅湖为一天然瀉湖,近年来绿潮硬毛藻大量爆发,内源污染日益严重。以大型硬毛藻和不同湖区沉积物为试材,设置沉积物+水、沉积物+水(灭菌)、沉积物+水+藻、沉积物+水+藻(灭菌)4个处理,研究了不同微生物活性及藻类条件下上覆水体氮磷质量浓度的变化,同步监测水土界面DO和pH等理化参数,以探讨藻分解和微生物对天鹅湖不同湖区沉积物氮磷释放的影响,为藻华消亡过程中内源污染的治理提供理论依据。结果表明,微生物存在和硬毛藻分解可使水体氮质量浓度明显增加(P<0.05)。试验过程中,水体总氮在有藻和无藻条件下的质量浓度变幅分别为1.56-14.11 mg·L^?1和0.11-8.96 mg·L^?1,后期灭菌处理明显低于未灭菌处理。藻分解对水体磷质量浓度具有极显著影响(P<0.01),有藻条件下灭菌处理总磷质量浓度为0.31-1.27 mg·L^?1,未灭菌处理为0.27-1.41 mg·L^?1;而无藻条件下灭菌和未灭菌处理变幅分别为0.019-0.047 mg·L^?1和0.025-0.078 mg·L^?1。在天鹅湖,不同湖区沉积物氮磷的释放能力存在差异,水体氮质量浓度在有藻和无藻条件下均表现为西北部>湖中心>湖南部,磷质量浓度有藻条件下与氮一致,而无藻条件下则表现为湖中心>西北部>湖南部。湖中心沉积物处理水体营养盐浓度受微生物活性影响较大。3种因素对水体氮磷质量浓度的影响效应表现为:藻类>微生物>沉积物。可见,在藻类大量暴发且微生物活性较高的湖中心及西北部,沉积物氮磷的释放潜力较大,尤其在藻类堆积腐烂时期,应引起足够重视。     

水动力条件对藻类影响的研究进展

水动力过程是影响水体富营养化状态和水华爆发的重要因素,水动力因素对藻类影响的研究对于富营养化水体藻类控制具有重要意义。归纳分析近年来关于流速、流态对藻类生长和种类变化的研究报道;就水动力条件对藻类的影响及其作用机理等详细地进行了文献综述。水动力条件对藻类生长的影响分为流速和流态两个方面,不论是单一藻种还是混合藻类,低流速、小扰动有利于藻类的生长和聚集,流速增大则导致Chla浓度先递增后递减,不同藻类的临界流速并不相同;藻类生长随着湍流程度的增加而逐渐受到抑制,抑制作用与水流流态（层流、过渡流、湍流）无明显相关关系,水体流态的变化造成水流剪应力的变化,藻类种类的差异导致其对水流剪应力的响应变化。水动力条件变化引起的藻类种群结构变化,主要表现为水体混合加剧导致优势种群的转换。水动力条件对藻类影响的作用原理主要是引起了光强的改变、细胞长度的变化、营养盐运送及捕食行为变化等。综观当前的研究成果,水动力能否真正阻止藻类细胞的生长或聚集,影响藻类生长或种类变化的扰动的最低水平以及水动力对藻类影响的作用机理是这一领域未来研究的重点所在。     

纳米TiO2催化声化学降解酸性红B的研究

以经过高温活化处理的锐钛型纳米TiO2为催化剂,考察了各种因素对酸性红B溶液超声降解反应的影响。结果表明:锐钛型纳米TiO2对酸性红B溶液超声降解反应具有明显的催化作用,其降解效果明显好于单纯使用超声波降解。超声频率40 kHz,输出功率50 W,催化剂用量0.5 g/L,pH=3.0,酸性红B溶液的初始浓度20 mg/L的条件下,60 min降解率即可达80%左右,120 min基本降解完全。因此,纳米锐钛型TiO2催化超声降解偶氮染料的方法切实可行,而且具有良好的应用前景。     

大麦秆控藻研究进展

大量实验研究证明：大麦秆是一种很具前景的抑藻物。它能有效控制引起水体富营养化的各种藻类生长，优化水生生物的组成结构。例如水体中放入大麦秆可以增加无脊椎动物以及鱼类的数量，从而达到改善水生生态系统的目的。大麦秆的抑藻机理非常复杂，研究已经排除了营养物质以及大麦秆上遗留杀虫剂对藻的抑制作用。现在除了传统所认为物理和生物机理外，最为认可是化学机理，即大麦秆在有氧降解过程中能产生的诸如酚类、酯类、蒽醌类活性物质，它们能够很好的抑制藻类生长，但是确切的有效化学物质的提取还需要通过GC/MS等方法进一步研究。在小型水体，尤其是鱼类养殖水体中可以直接施用大麦秆以改善水体。总之大麦秆是一种环境友好、生态安全、经济适用的有效控藻物质，应用前景广阔。     

Beat frequency of cilia in the branchial basket of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis in relation to temperature and algal cell concentration

To elucidate the effects of temperature and algal cell concentration on pumping of water in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis a number of different experiments were performed. Beat frequency of the lateral cilia in the openings of the branchial sac was measured in intact specimens using a microprojection objective and a monochrome CCD video camera. At constant low algal cell concentration, beat frequencies increased linearly with temperature from 4.0 Hz (±0.5) at 7.4 °C to 13.6 Hz (±1.6) at 20.1 °C. At a constant temperature of 15 °C, beat frequency decreased with increasing algal cell concentration from approximately 3000 to >10 000 Rhodomonas sp. cells ml⁻¹. The decrease was observed both in experiments where the ascidians had been acclimated to a fixed algal cell concentration and in experiments with changing concentrations. Effect of algal cell concentration on squirting/siphon closure and flow velocity in the exhalent siphon was measured using a thermistor. At low algal cell concentrations, flow velocity in the exhalent siphon was stable, apart from a few short squirts. At very high algal cell concentrations, the flow velocity was reduced and much less stable, with prolonged squirting. The effect of gut content on filtration was studied in experiments with specimens acclimated to high algal cell concentrations. Results showed a close relation between gut clearance and filtration rate. From the experimental results and a qualitative analysis of the Ciona-pump it was concluded that the ciliary beat frequency is proportional to the water flow through the sea squirt and that changes in pumping caused by temperature or algal cell concentration are under nervous control or governed by enzyme kinetics, rather than being a result of physico-mechanical properties, i.e. pump efficiency versus flow resistance, of the ascidian pump. Received: 6 October 1997 / Accepted: 8 October 1998     

污泥超声破解效应及厌氧消化性能研究

针对超声破解污泥的可行性进行了实验研究,重点考察了超声频率、比能耗、作用时间等因素对破解效应的影响,探讨了破解污泥的厌氧消化性能。结果表明,超声作用的施加可使污泥固体有效破解,污泥细胞内的活性有机物被释放至水相并形成溶解性有机物,表现为SCODCr的显著增加;采用低频、高比能耗及延长作用时间有利于获取高的SCODCr增加值;污泥在频率25kHz、比能耗2.0W/mL、作用时间30min条件下破解,其厌氧消化累计产气量可从破解前的268mL提高到473mL,相应TCODCr去除率、VS去除率分别从39.1%、33.5%提高至54.3%、61.7%。研究结果表明采用超声破解技术提高污泥的厌氧消化性是可行的。     

Effects of nutrients, herbivory, and depth on the macroalgal community in the rocky sublittoral

We studied the interacting roles of nutrient availability and herbivory in determining the macroalgal community in a rocky littoral environment. We conducted a factorial field experiment where we manipulated nutrient levels and herbivory at two sublittoral depths and measured macroalgal colonization and the following young assemblage during the growing season. At the community level, grazing reduced algal colonization, though the effect varied with depth and its interaction with nutrient availability varied in time. In shallow water, the total density of macroalgae increased in response to nutrient enrichment, but the ability of grazers to reduce macroalgal density also increased with the nutrient enrichment, and thus, the community could not escape from the top-down control. In deep water, the algal density was lower, except in July when nutrient enrichment caused a very dense algal growth. Grazing at the greater depth, though effective, was generally of smaller magnitude, and in July it could not limit algal recruitment and growth. Species richness peaked at the intermediate nutrient level in deep but not in shallow water during most of the growing season. Grazing had no effect on diversity of the algal community at either depth and only a minor effect on species richness at the greater depth. Opportunistic and ephemeral algae benefited from the nutrient enrichment but were also grazed to very low densities. Slowly growing and/or perennial species colonized poorly in the nutrient enriched treatments, and depending on the species, either suffered or indirectly benefited from herbivory. For all species, effects of nutrients on colonization depended on depth; usually both nutrient and herbivory effects were more pronounced at the shallow depth. We conclude that grazers are able to reduce macroalgae over a large range of nutrient availabilities, up to 12-fold nutrient enrichment in the current experiment, and that the sublittoral depth gradient generates variation in the algal community control exerted by both herbivory and nutrient availability. Thus temporal and spatial variability in both top-down and bottom-up control and in their interaction, especially along the depth gradient, may be crucially important for producer diversity and for the successional dynamic in a rocky sublittoral environment.     

Impact of astaxanthin-enriched algal powder of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Haematococcus pluvialis</Emphasis> on memory improvement in BALB/c mice

The impact of astaxanthin-enriched algal powder on auxiliary memory improvement was assessed in BALB/c mice pre-supplemented with different dosages of cracked green algal (Haematococcus pluvialis) powder daily for 30 days. The supplemented mice were first tested over 8 days to find a hidden platform by swimming in a Morris water maze. Then, for 5 days, the mice were used to search for a visible platform in a Morris water maze. After that, the mice practised finding a safe place—an insulated platform in a chamber—for 2 days. During these animal experimental periods, similar algal meals containing astaxanthin at 0, 0.26, 1.3 and 6.4 mg/kg body weight were continuously fed to each group of tested mice. Profiles of latency, distance, speed and the direction angle to the platforms as well as the diving frequency in each group were measured and analyzed. The process of mice jumping up onto the insulated platform and diving down to the copper-shuttered bottom with a 36 V electrical charge were also monitored by automatic video recording. The results of the Morris maze experiment showed that middle dosage of H. pluvialis meals (1.3 mg astaxanthin/kg body weight) significantly shortened the latency and distance required for mice to find a hidden platform. However, there was no obvious change in swim velocity in any of the supplemented groups. In contrast, the visible platform test showed a significant increase in latency and swim distance, and a significant decrease in swim speed for all groups of mice orally supplemented with H. pluvialis powder compared to the placebo group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Mice supplemented with the algal meal hesitantly turned around the original hidden platform, in contract to mice supplemented with placebo, who easily forgot the original location and accepted the visible platform as a new safe place. These results illustrate that astaxanthin-enriched H. pluvialis powder has the auxiliary property of memory improvement. The results from the platform diving test showed that the low and middle dosage of H. pluvialis powder, rather that the high dosage, increased the latency and reduced the frequency of diving from the safe insulated platform to the electrically stimulated copper shutter, especially in the low treatment group (P < 0.05). These results indicate that H. pluvialis powder is associated with dose-dependent memory improvement and that a low dosage of algal powder (≤middle treatment group) is really good for improving the memory.     

Long-term effects of ultraviolet radiation on growth and photosynthetic performance of polar and cold-temperate macroalgae

Long-term effects of artificial ultraviolet radiation (UV) and natural solar radiation on growth and photosynthetic activity, as measured by chlorophyll fluorescence, were investigated in 13 different polar and cold-temperate macroalgal species. Isolates of five different species from the Arctic and Antarctic were exposed to different light treatments of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), PAR+UVA and PAR+UVA+UVB. Eight different species collected on the island of Helgoland, North Sea, Germany, were studied in the laboratory and under natural solar radiation conditions. Increase in fresh weight and changes in photosynthetic performance were monitored over a period of 3-4 weeks. The sublittoral polar species, particularly the Antarctic red algal species Gymnogongrus antarcticus and G. turquetii, the Arctic cold-temperate brown alga Alaria esculenta and, very drastically, the Arctic-endemic Laminaria solidungula, exhibited strong inhibiting effects of artificial UVB radiation on growth. In the cold-temperate sublittoral growth of the red algae Phycodrys rubens and, to a lesser extend, Membranoptera alata was substantially inhibited by UV radiation. In contrast, eulittoral species, e.g. Fucus serratus, did not show any differences in growth with respect to artificial irradiation conditions, with or without UV radiation. In the laboratory, some individuals of the green alga Codium fragile exhibited strong morphological changes of the whole thallus, particularly under UVB exposure. In the experimental outdoor set up, growth of most of the algal species was already inhibited by the full solar UV waveband, but, apart from Polyides rotundus, no additional UVB effect could be detected. Changes of in vivo fluorescence were not always consistent with the measurable changes in growth rate, indicating that physiological processes leading to an inhibition of growth may act independently of changes in photosynthetic activity. For the polar species, a general correlation between the natural vertical distribution in the field and the individual sensitivity towards UV radiation was indicated, while for eulittoral species from Helgoland no clear relationship was found. The obtained results show that measuring growth is a good ecological parameter to monitor long-term effects of UV radiation on single macroalgal species and the possible resulting changes of whole algal communities in coastal ecosystems.     

Modelling the thresholds of nitrogen/phosphorus concentration and hydraulic retention time for bloom control in reclaimed water landscape

● A new model for bloom control in open land scape water was constructed. ● It considers the effects of temperature and light on algae growth. ● It describes threshold curve of nitrogen, phosp horus and hydraulic retention time. ● Light and temperature dependent growth para meters of typical algae were obtained. The risks posed by algal blooms caused by nitrogen and phosphorus in reclaimed water used in urban water landscapes need to be carefully controlled. In this study, the combined effects of the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and the light intensity and temperature on the specific growth rates of algae were determined using Monod, Steele, and Arrhenius models, then an integrated algal growth model was developed. The algae biomass, nitrogen concentration, and phosphorus concentration mass balance equations were used to establish a new control model describing the nitrogen and phosphorus concentration and hydraulic retention time thresholds for algal blooms. The model parameters were determined by fitting the models to data acquired experimentally. Finally, the control model and numerical simulations for six typical algae and mixed algae under standard conditions were used to determine nitrogen/phosphorus concentration and hydraulic retention time thresholds for landscape water to which reclaimed water is supplied (i.e., for a reclaimed water landscape).