Macrophytes shift phytoplankton community in mesocosms I

An ex-situ mesocosm study of emergent macrophyte effects on phytoplankton communities

Aquatic systems

First-author

Fundamental and Applied Limnology 2019

Authors

Yiluan Song

Maxine A.D. Mowe

Simon M. Mitrovic

Hugh T.W. Tan

Darren C.J. Yeo

Published

April 25, 2019

Keywords

global change biology, environmental data science, aquatic plants, mesocosm, water quality, cyanobacteria, phytoplankton, community composition, restoration

Paper

Highlights

We evaluated the effects of emergent macrophytes on phytoplankton communities in a eutrophic tropical reservoir.
We conducted ex-situ mesocosm experiments.
Emergent macrophytes did not reduce phytoplankton biomass but some altered community composition.

Change in chlorophyll a concentration over the course of the experiment in the control and macrophyte treatment groups. Relative abundance of phytoplankton genera in the control and macrophyte treatment groups. Shift in phytoplankton community composition in the control and Ipomoea pes-caprae treatment.