Reducing Surface Accumulation of Aphanizomenon Flos-aquae Using Wetland Water to Increase Cellular Turgor Pressure and Interfere with Buoyancy Regulation
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Support was provided for this study by the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs at Portland State University, The Nature Conservancy in Klamath Falls, and the Bureau of Land Management in Klamath Falls.
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Lake and Reservoir Management
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
The ability to regulate buoyancy (sinking and floating) using cellular gas vesicles is a unique characteristic that allows many common bloom-forming cyanobacteria to accumulate at water surfaces and dominate systems. Typical control and management strategies of cyanobacterial blooms include nutrient manipulation and phosphorus reduction, which are effective but do not reduce the advantage of buoyancy control. Since buoyancy control is based upon a mechanism driven by photosynthesis, along with environmental conditions that trigger vesicle formation and ion exchange, buoyancy regulation can be influenced by manipulating extracellular conditions. In this study, we manipulated extracellular conditions using wetland water and additions of potassium, sodium, and calcium in small-scale lab experiments containing Aphanizomenon flos-aquae from Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. The results indicate a target mixture of 10% wetland water reduces surface accumulation, increases cellular turgor pressure (a measure of the ability of gas vesicle–forming cells to control buoyancy), and leads to fewer cyanobacterial filament rafts near the surface of the water column. By adding ions at the same concentration as the target wetland mixture, similar results were found. This research represents the basis of a possible strategy for mitigating surface blooms of buoyant cyanobacteria in lakes using wetland water and/or ion additions that could be used in tandem with nutrient manipulation and phosphorus reduction.
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© 2018 North American Lake Management Society
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DOI
10.1080/10402381.2018.1466011
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28142
Citation Details
Rouhe, A. C., & Rueter, J. G. (2018). Reducing surface accumulation of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae using wetland water to increase cellular turgor pressure and interfere with buoyancy regulation. Lake and Reservoir Management, 34(4), 426-446.