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Analysis of Algal Response Effects Using Nutrient Enrichment Bioassays in Shingu Reservoir  

Lee, Jae-Yon (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Sang-Jae (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Jae-Hoon (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Bae, Dae-Yeul (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Choi, Ji-Woong (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Hwang, Soon-Jin (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
An, Kwang-Guk (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
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Abstract
Nutrient Enrichment Bioassays (NEBs) were conducted in the laboratory during June $22{\sim}28$, 2006 in order to determine primary limiting factor on the phytoplankton growth. For the NEBs, the water was sampled using a 10L polyethylene-lined container and dispensed into 2.5L container in the laboratory. The algal growths response in the control (C) and three treatments of phosphorus (P), 2-fold phosphorus (2P), and nitrate nitrogen $(NO_3-N)$ were monitored during 7 days. In the cubitainers which were spiked as P (T1) and 2P (T2) Chl-${\alpha}$ concentrations were decreased during the test period and the final concentrations was low than initial values. However, Chl-${\alpha}$ in the cubitainers which were spiked as $NO_3$(T3) and $P+NO_3$(T4) showed significant increases compared to the initial values, indicating that in the short-term experiments, nitrogen seemed to be a primary limiting nutrient during the periods of NEBs experiment. Long-term ambient nutrient data of TP and TN, and TN:TP mass ratios, however, showed a potential phosphorus limitation on phytoplankton growth and previous other researchers showed a variations of limiting nutrients by nitrogen or phosphorus depending on the seasons sampled and locations. In this study nitrogen as primary limiting nutrient in the NEBs seem to be an seasonal effect rather than the consistent nitrogen limitation.
Keywords
nutrient limitation; algal response; bioassay; water quality;
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