Journal
DIVERSITY-BASEL
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/d14110927
Keywords
phytoplankton; Nanhai Lake; functional groups; community structure; environmental factors
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31660151]
- Natural Foundation of Inner Mongolia [2020LH03003]
- Science and Technology Major Special of Ordos [2021 ZD I 22 6]
- Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Planning Project [2022YFXZ0037]
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This study investigated the characteristics of phytoplankton community structure in Nanhai Lake in Baotou City and its relationship with environmental factors. The results identified seven phyla of phytoplankton and analyzed their functional groups. The study provided insights into the ecological state and nutritional condition of Nanhai Lake, as well as the main environmental factors affecting phytoplankton biomass.
In order to determine the characteristics of phytoplankton community structure in Nanhai Lake in Baotou City and its relationship with environmental factors, water and phytoplankton samples were collected and composition and biomass were investigated at six sites in the spring, summer, and autumn of 2021. This article used correlation analysis and redundancy analysis (RDA) combined with the community turnover index (BC) to analyze the phytoplankton functional groups. The results showed that 7 phyla and 68 genera of phytoplankton were identified in the water body, of which Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Cyanobacteria, Chrysophyta, Euglenophyta, Cryptophyta, and Pyrrophyta accounted for 34%, 32%, 16%, 6%, 4%, 4%, and 3%, respectively. The phytoplankton in the water body was classified into 23 functional groups, of which MP and D functional groups were the long-term dominant functional groups, indicating that the habitat is a turbid water body. The ecological state index (Q) value ranged from 1.94 to 3.13, with an average value of 2.74. The comprehensive nutritional index (TSIM( n-ary sumation )) was between 49.32 and 52.11, with an average value of 51.72, indicating that Nanhai Lake was in a mesotrophic state. Correlation analysis and redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that multiple nutrients, transparency (SD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), water temperature (WT), and Chlorophyll a (Chl-a) were the main environmental factors affecting the biomass of dominant functional groups in the water body. The study showed the characteristics of the functional groups of algae in a precious urban lake in arid and semi-arid areas of China and their relationship with environmental factors (physical and chemical indicators, anions and cation ions, and heavy metal ions), and provided a scientific basis for its water quality evaluation.
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