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AQUACULTURE
卷 452, 期 -, 页码 233-238出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.11.002
关键词
Silver carp; Nutrient cycling; Algal bloom; Lake Taihu; Lake Erhai
资金
- National Water Pollution Control and Management Technology Major Projects [2012ZX07105-004, 2012ZX07101-002]
Artificial enhancement of lakes using filter-feeding silver carp is a technique that is widely used to manipulate and/or promote fisheries' production in Chinese lakes. To evaluate the impact of this enhancement on nutrient cycling in the water column, we analyzed two silver carp biomass gradient testing sites by stocking experimental enclosures within Lake Taihu (eutrophic) with 0, 35, 70 and 150 g m(-3) of silver carp biomass and those within Lake Erhai (mesotrophic) with 0, 20, 50 and 100 g m(-3) of silver carp biomass. Total phosphorus and dissolved nitrogen were obviously influenced by the fish density. At relatively low densities, the silver carp were able to graze for particles of food directly, resulting in a decline in phosphorus and chlorophyll-a levels within the Lake Taihu enclosures. When fish were introduced to the Lake Erhai enclosures, chlorophyll-a levels increased. Increased dissolved nitrogen levels were recorded in the Lake Taihu enclosures during the experiment, while the enhanced uptake of nutrients by increased algae resulted in decreased dissolved nitrogen levels in the Lake Erhai enclosures. We hypothesize that although silver carp could potentially reduce cyanobacteria in water bodies with large algal blooms, the relatively small change in fish in Lake Taihu is still too minor to control severe algal blooms. In relatively clean water bodies such as Lake Erhai, artificial ecological enhancement using silver carp should be evaluated carefully before action is taken in order to assess the risk of increasing small algal blooms and nutrients. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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