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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2006.11.4.158

Bloom-forming Cyanobacteria in Yongdam Lake (1) Nutrient limitation in a Laboratory Strain of a Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium, Anabaena spiroides v. crassa  

Park, Jong-Woo (Department of Oceanography, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Young-Geel (Korea Environmental Research Center for Hydrosphere)
Heo, Woo-Myung (Department of Environmental Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Bom-Chul (Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University)
Yih, Won-Ho (Department of Oceanography, Kunsan National University)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.11, no.4, 2006 , pp. 158-164 More about this Journal
Abstract
Yongdam Lake is the fifth largest artificial lake in Korea newly formed by the first impounding the Yongdam Multi-purpose Dam on December, 2002. Yongdam Lake, with her total water storage of 820 million M/T, is located at the roof-top region of the streams flowing into the just-constructed new Saemankeum Lake. Seasonal succession of phytoplakton in Yongdam Lake might affect cyanobacterial blooms in Saemankeum Lake by inoculating seasonal dominants. During 2002-2003 when the first impounding after the construction of Yongdam Multi-purpose Dam was still undergoing, summer cyanobacterial blooms by Anabaena, Microcystis, and Aphanizomenon were observed. Among these three, filamentous Anabaena is well known to have its species with $N_2-fixing$ ability and special cells such as heterocysts and akinetes as well as the vegetative cells. We established a clonal culture of Anabaena spiroides v. crasse (KNU-YD0310) from the live water samples collected at the bloom site of Yongdam Lake. The N- and P-nutrient requirement of the KNU-YD0310 was explored by the experimental cultivation of the laboratory strain. Ratio of heterocysts to vegetative cells increased as N-deficiency extended with its maximum at $N_2-fixing$ condition. The strain KNU-YD0310 exhibited considerable growth under N-limiting conditions while its growth was proportional to the initial phosphate-P concentration under P-deficient conditions. Under P-limiting conditions akinete density increased, which could be interpreted as an adaptation strategy to survive severe environment by transforming into resting stage. The above eco-physiological characteristics of Anabaena spiroides v. crassa might be useful as an ecological criterion in controlling cyanobacterial blooms at Shaemankeum Lake in near future.
Keywords
Cyanobacterial Bloom; Yongdam Lake; $N_2-fixation$; Inorganic nutrients; Laboratory strain;
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