The impact of the accumulation of algal blooms on reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake

Shuzhan MA; Yue WU; Siwen CHEN; Bingfa CHEN; Cheng LIU; Xiaozhi GU; Xiaoli SHI; Kaining CHEN

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-1258-8

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The impact of the accumulation of algal blooms on reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake

Special Section: Cyanobacterial blooms in China: ecology, toxicity, and treatment | Updated：2023-05-19

- The impact of the accumulation of algal blooms on reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 40, Issue 5, Pages: 1750-1763(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
  2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  3.Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
  4.Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
- Author bio：
  
  Xiaoli SHI,xlshi@niglas.ac.cn
  Kaining CHEN,knchen@niglas.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-1258-8
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- Received：07 August 2021，
  
  Accepted：22 September 2021，
  
  Online First：04 November 2021，
  
  Published：2022-09
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Shuzhan MA, Yue WU, Siwen CHEN, et al. The impact of the accumulation of algal blooms on reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(5): 1750-1763.
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Shuzhan MA, Yue WU, Siwen CHEN, et al. The impact of the accumulation of algal blooms on reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(5): 1750-1763. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-1258-8.

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Abstract

In a large eutrophic lake

the littoral zone is normally an area with high-density elevated aquatic plant life

including algal blooms

where the presence of reed wetlands allows the accumulation of algae. In this study

the impact of accumulated algal blooms in reed wetlands in the littoral zones of Chaohu Lake was investigated seasonally from 2018 to 2019. The concentrations of chlorophyll

(Chl

)

total nitrogen (TN)

and total phosphorus (TP) were much higher in the reed-covered littoral zones (RCLZ) than in the unvegetated littoral zones (ULZ)

indicating that more algal biomass was trapped and accumulated in the RCLZ. Algal biomass could be horizontally transported to downwind littoral zones under low wind speeds

favoring the establishment of blooms. Algal accumulation levels were highest in summer due to high water temperatures and algal biomasses. Likewise

the northern littoral zones were conducive to the development of large algal blooms because of the wind pattern. The values of TN

Chl

and loss on ignition in surface sediments were higher in the RCLZ than in the ULZ. Moreover

the diffusive fluxes of ammonium and soluble reactive phosphorus were also higher in the RCLZ than in the ULZ. Considering the capability of reed wetlands to trap algae

mechanical salvage and other physical methods should be adopted to eliminate algal biomass when massive blooms accumulate in the RCLZ.

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