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Control of Cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) Blooms by Floating Aquatic Plant (Iris pseudoacorus): an in situ Mesocosm Experiment Using Stable ($^{13}C$, $^{15}N$) Isotope Tracers  

Kim, Min-Seob (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University)
Lee, Yeon-Jung (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University)
Kim, Baik-Ho (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
Hwang, Soon-Jin (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
An, Kwang-Guk (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam University)
Park, Sun-Koo (Research of Limnology, ASSUM)
Ume, Han-Yong (Rural Research Institute)
Shin, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.44, no.3, 2011 , pp. 280-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bottom-up approaches to control of Microcystis aeruginosa blooms were comparatively investigated through an in situ mesocosm experiment using aquatic plants (Iris pseudoacorus). In the mesocosm experiments, floating I. pseudoacorus, seemed to be effective in controlling massive M. aeruginosa blooms in an agricultural reservoir, exhibiting a close coupling with temporal variations in Chl-a and DO concentration. Shading by floating I. pseudoacorus resulted in a reduced phytoplankton abundance inhibiting light energy availability. Moreover, I. pseudoacorus may suppress phytoplankton growth through the excretion of chemical substances, likes a allelopathy, that inhibit phytoplankton photosynthetic activity. The $^{15}N$ atom % of I. pseudoacorus showed higher values than POM, suggesting that I. pseudoacorus assimilates DIN predominantly compared to phytoplankton, which was mostly M. aeruginosa. This result strongly suggests that the M. aeruginosa bloom should be regulated by aquatic plants, like I. pseudoacorus, this approach can affect zooplankton composition. This is the first study that has used stable isotope tracers to evaluate the biomanipulation efficiency through floating I. pseudoacorus.
Keywords
Iris pseudoacorus; Microcystis aeruginosa; bio-control; stable isotope tracer; allelopathy;
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