Effect of hydrological variability on diatom distribution in Poyang Lake, China

Kuimei Qian; Xia Liu; Yuwei Chen

doi:10.1007/s00343-016-5264-1

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Effect of hydrological variability on diatom distribution in Poyang Lake, China

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- Effect of hydrological variability on diatom distribution in Poyang Lake, China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 35, Issue 1, Pages: 174-184(2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Poyang Lake Laboratory for Wetland Ecosystem Research State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. College of Environmental Engineering Xuzhou Institute of Technology
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-016-5264-1
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- Online First：11 April 2016，
  
  Published：2017
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Qian, K., Liu, X. & Chen, Y. Effect of hydrological variability on diatom distribution in Poyang Lake, China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 35, 174–184 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-5264-1
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Qian, K., Liu, X. & Chen, Y. Effect of hydrological variability on diatom distribution in Poyang Lake, China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 35, 174–184 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-5264-1 DOI：

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Abstract

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China

and it has a seasonal flooding cycle that significantly changes the water level every year. The aim of this paper was to explain how these hydrological changes influence diatom populations in Poyang Lake. The yearly hydrological cycle can be divided into 4 phases: low water-level phase

increasing water-level phase

high water-level phase and decreasing water-level phase. Variations in the abundance of planktonic diatoms were studied using quarterly monitoring data collected from January 2009 to October 2013. Generally

diatoms were dominant in Poyang Lake and accounted for more than 50% of the total phytoplankton biomass except in July 2009 (26%) and January 2012 (35%). Aulacoseira granulata and Surirella robusta were the predominant species in all four phases

and they accounted for 25.02% to 56.89% and 5.07% to 14.78% of the total phytoplankton biomass

respectively. A redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that changes in physico-chemical parameter were related to the water level

and changes in diatom biomass were related to nitrite levels and pH. These results indicate that changes in environmental parameters related to both seasonal variations and water-level fluctuations caused variations in diatom biomass and community composition in Poyang Lake. Furthermore

extreme hydrological events can have different influences on the diatom community composition in the main channel and lentic regions. This research provides data on the diatom variations in Poyang Lake and will be useful for establishing biological indicators of environmental change and protecting Poyang Lake in the future.

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