Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 89, Issue 1-2, Pages 229-238Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.054
Keywords
Macroalgae; Algal blooms; Seagrass; Impacts; Biomass; Nutrients
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41121064/41176140]
- National Marine Public Welfare Research Project [201305043/201005009]
- National Science & Technology Basic Work Program [2015FY]
- Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program [2011BAD13B06]
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Seagrasses that are distributed over a large area of the Swan Lake, Weihai, China, support a productive ecosystem. In recent years, however, frequent macroalgal blooms have changed the ecosystem structure and threatened the seagrasses. To understand the bloom-forming macroalgae we conducted a yearly field survey of Swan Lake. Results indicated that the macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum and Ulva pertusa both exhibited a much higher productivity and attained a greater maximum biomass (of 1712 +/- 780 g DW m(-2) and 1511 +/- 555 g DW m(-2), respectively) than was the case for the seagrasses. The mean annual atomic ratios of C/N, C/P and N/P in C. linum were 14.31 +/- 4.45, 402.82 +/- 130.25, and 28.12 +/- 2.08, respectively. The delta N-15 values (11.09 +/- 0.91 parts per thousand for C. linum; 9.27 +/- 2.83 parts per thousand for U. pertusa) indicated a land-based source of N enrichment to the macroalgal blooms. High concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in the lagoon, particularly near the river mouth, supported the blooms. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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