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http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/KSL.2013.46.1.135

Growth Characteristics of Blue-green Algae (Anabaena spiroides) Causing Tastes and Odors in the North-Han River, Korea  

You, Kyung-A (Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, Environmental Research Complex)
Byeon, Myeong-Seop (Han River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Youn, Seok-Jea (Han River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Hwang, Soon-Jin (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
Rhew, Doug-Hee (Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, Environmental Research Complex)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.46, no.1, 2013 , pp. 135-144 More about this Journal
Abstract
Blue-green algae blooms occurred during early winter in the North-Han River, Korea. Among blue-green algae, Anabaena spiroides were observed for approximately 33 consecutive days, between 28 November and 30 December, 2011. A. spiroides emerged from Lake Uiam to Lake Paldang, depending on the flow of the river has spread downstream. Changes of physical water environment like rising water temperature and increasing hydraulic retention time influenced the A. spiroides bloom. The A. spiroides bloom showed a very rapid increase in cell density, and a slow decrease: the cell density increased to a maximum of $11,325cells\;mL^{-1}$ in Lake Paldang (st. 5), and was completely disappeared after the water temperature dropped below $4^{\circ}C$. A decrease in water temperature was the most influential factor among all environmental parameters, for the reduction of A. spiroides cell density. The A. spiroides bloom was accompanied with the occurrence of very high concentrations of the odor metabolite geosmin. Geosmin reached the peak value of $1,640ng\;L^{-1}$ in Lake Paldang (st. 4). The geosmin concentration was very strongly correlated with cell numbers of A. spiroides.
Keywords
Anabaena spiroides; geosmin; water temperature; North-Han River; Lake;
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