Preparation of natural phytoplankton communities to preserve spectral fluorescence properties

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Bower ◽  
Rodolfo H. Iturriaga
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Properties ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Natural Phytoplankton ◽  
Spectral Fluorescence Properties

Photoacclimation of natural phytoplankton communities

2016 ◽  
Vol 542 ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
JR Graff ◽  
TK Westberry ◽  
AJ Milligan ◽  
MB Brown ◽  
G Dall’Olmo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Natural Phytoplankton

The Effects of Oil and Chemically Dispersed Oil on Natural Phytoplankton Communities

1987 ◽  
pp. 173-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Scholten ◽  
J. Kuiper ◽  
H. Het Van Groenewoud ◽  
G. Hoornsman ◽  
E. Van Der Vlies
Keyword(s):  
Dispersed Oil ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Chemically Dispersed Oil ◽  
Natural Phytoplankton

scholarly journals Lake Phytoplankton Assemblage Altered by Irregularly Shaped PLA Body Wash Microplastics but Not by PS Calibration Beads

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2650
Author(s):  
Kiyoko Yokota ◽  
Marissa Mehlrose
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Environmental Pollutant ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Phytoplankton Assemblage ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Aquatic Food ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Natural Phytoplankton

Microplastics are an emerging environmental pollutant, whose global ubiquity is becoming increasingly evident. Conventional wastewater treatment does not completely remove them, and there are growing concerns about microplastics in source water and post-treatment drinking water. Microplastics have been reported to alter the development, physiology, and behavior of various aquatic organisms; however, limited knowledge exists on their effect on natural phytoplankton communities. Many studies also use uniformly spherical plastic beads, while most scrub particles in consumer products and secondary microplastics in the environment have various shapes and sizes. We tested the effects of two types of microplastics, 50 µm polystyrene (PS) calibration beads and polylactic acid (PLA) plastic body wash scrub particles, and one type of plant-derived body wash scrub particle on a natural phytoplankton assemblage through a 7-day incubation experiment in a temperate, mesotrophic lake. The calibration beads and the plant-derived particles generally did not alter the taxonomic composition of the phytoplankton in the mesocosms, while the PLA body wash microplastics eliminated cryptophytes (p < 0.001) and increased chrysophytes (p = 0.041). Our findings demonstrate differential effects of irregularly shaped PLA body wash microplastics vs. PS calibration beads on lake phytoplankters and empirically support potential bottom-up alteration of the aquatic food web by secondary microplastics.

Growth stimulation and inhibition of natural phytoplankton communities by model organic ligands in the western subarctic Pacific

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiko Kondo ◽  
Shigenobu Takeda ◽  
Jun Nishioka ◽  
Mitsuhide Sato ◽  
Hiroaki Saito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Stimulation ◽  
Organic Ligands ◽  
Subarctic Pacific ◽  
Western Subarctic Pacific ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Natural Phytoplankton
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