期刊
ECOTOXICOLOGY
卷 30, 期 3, 页码 411-420出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02366-w
关键词
Cyanotoxin; Food web; Microcystin; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton
资金
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through its Office of Research and Development
Research on the relationship between calanoid copepods and cyanobacteria suggests that copepods may tolerate the toxic microcystin produced by cyanobacteria, potentially perpetuating harmful algal blooms.
Calanoid copepods are integral to aquatic food webs and may drive the bioaccumulation of toxins and heavy metals, spread of infectious diseases, and occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater aquatic systems. However, interrelationships between copepod and cyanobacterial population dynamics and ecophysiology remain unclear. Insights into these relationships are important to aquatic resource management, as they may help guide mitigation efforts. We developed a calanoid copepod qPCR assay to investigate how copepod abundance and physiological status relate to the abundance of cyanobacteria and the concentration of total microcystin in a HAB-prone freshwater multi-use eutrophic lake. Through in silico and in vitro validation of primers and analyses of time series, we demonstrate that our assay can be used as a reliable tool for environmental monitoring. Importantly, copepod RNA:DNA ratios on and shortly after the day when microcystin concentration was at its highest within the lake were not significantly lower (or higher) than before or after this period, suggesting that copepods may have been tolerant of microcystin levels observed and capable of perpetuating bloom events by consuming competitors of toxic cyanobacteria.
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