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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 1051-1059Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es503744q
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41230744]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK2012895]
- Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences [NIGLAS2012135002]
- Special Program for Water Pollution Control of China [2012ZX07101-010]
- U.S. National Science Foundation Grant ENG/CBET [0826819]
- U.S. National Science Foundation Grant INSPIRE Program [1230543]
- U.S. National Science Foundation Grant DEB [1240851]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1240851] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [0826819, 1230543] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Nutrient overenrichment has led to dramatic increases in harmful cyanobacterial blooms, creating serious threats to drinking water supplies, ecological and economic sustainability of freshwater ecosystems. Nutrient-cyanobacterial bloom interactions were examined in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. In situ microcosm nutrient dilution bioassays and mesocosm nutrient addition experiments were conducted to determine nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentration and load thresholds needed to control cyanobacterial bloom formation. Blooms were dominated by toxic, non N-2 fixing Microcystis spp, from May to December. Dilution bioassays showed seasonality in nutrient limitation, with P-availability controlling prebloom spring conditions and N-availability controlling summer-fall blooms. Nutrient dilution and enrichment bioassays indicated that total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentration thresholds should be targeted at below 0.80 mg L-1 and 0.05 mg L-1, respectively, to limit intrinsic growth rates of Microcystis dominated blooms. Based on estimates of nutrient loading and observed stoichiometry of phytoplankton biomass, 61-71% TN and 20-46% TP reduction are necessary to bring Taihus phytoplankton biomass to acceptable sub-bloom conditions of less than 20 mu g L-1 chlorophyll a.
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