Short-term changes in phytoplankton assemblages and their potential for heavy metal bioaccumulation – a laboratory study

Hussian, Abd-Ellatif M.; Abd El-Monem, Ahmed M.; Napiórkowska-Krzebietke, Agnieszka; Flefil, Naser S.

Short-term changes in phytoplankton assemblages and their potential for heavy metal bioaccumulation – a laboratory study

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volume 47 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)

By:

Abd-Ellatif M. Hussian, Ahmed M. Abd El-Monem, Agnieszka Napiórkowska-Krzebietke and Naser S. Flefil

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Figures & Tables

Water sampling sites: 1 – El-Boom station, 2 – New Bahr El-Baqar drain in Lake Manzala in Egypt

Chlorophyll content (mean ± SE, min.−max) in basin I (El-Boom station) and basin II (New Bahr El-Baqar drain) during the experimental period

Phytoplankton abundance in basin I (El-Boom station) and basin II (New Bahr El-Baqar drain) during the experimental period; dotted lines indicate the abundance output levels of the experiment in each basin

Phytoplankton structure in basin I – El-Boom station (A) and basin II – New Bahr El-Baqar drain (B) during the experimental period

Cluster analysis based on similarity of phytoplankton taxonomic structure in basin I (A – water from El-Boom station) and basin II (B – water from New Bahr El-Baqar drain) during the 15-day experimental period; 1-15 consecutive days of the experiment

Uptake of heavy metals: lead (a), iron (b) and zinc (c) by phytoplankton in basins I and II during the experimental
period — Uptake of heavy metals: lead (a), iron (b) and zinc (c) by phytoplankton in basins I and II during the experimental period

Uptake factor (%) used to assess the rate of heavy metal bioaccumulation by phytoplankton in basin I (A) and basin II (B)

PCA-based relationships between phytoplankton and heavy metal bioaccumulation (A) and ordination of samples (B) during the 15-day experiment in basin I (BI) and basin II (BII)

CCA joint plot of relationships between dominant phytoplankton species and classes and iron, zinc and lead bioaccumulation capacity on the 1st, 5th, 10th and 15th day of the experiment in basin I (BI) and basin II (BII) based on Canonical Correspondence Analysis. Kirch – Kirchneriella obesa, Nephr – Nephrocytium limneticum, Actin – Actinoptychus octonarius, Aulac – Aulacoseira granulata, Pantoc – Pantocsekiella ocellata, Chrooc – Chroococcus minor, Micr – Microcystis aeruginosa, CHL – Chlorophyceae, BAC – Bacillariophyceae, CYA – Cyanophyceae

Physicochemical parameters of waters at two sampling sites in Lake Manzala in spring 2017

Parameters	Units	Sampling sites
Parameters	Units	El-Boom	New Bahr El-Baqar Drain
Temperature	°C	26.4	26.2
Secchi disk depth	m	0.3	0.2
Total solids	g l⁻¹	3.71	3.03
Total dissolved solids		3.46	2.65
Total suspended solids		0.25	0.39
Electrical conductivity	mS cm⁻¹	5.41	4.12
pH		7.98	7.78
Dissolved oxygen	mg l⁻¹	14.2	1.2
Biological oxygen demand		31.5	47.5
Chemical oxygen demand		2.8	8.8
Nitrites	μg l⁻¹	21.12	68.57
Nitrates		15.17	110.1
Ammonium		325.37	9862.26
Orthophosphates		324.53	445.08
Total phosphorus		331.94	480.38
Silicon dioxide	mg l⁻¹	10.98	10.67
Salinity	PSU	2.66	2.12
TSI (Trophic State Index) TSI calculations according to Carlson, Simpson (1996)		82.7 (hypertrophy)	86.7 (hypertrophy)

List of phytoplankton species investigated both in basin I (El-Boom) and basin II (New Bahr El-Baqar drain) during the experimental period (dominant species are in bold)

No.	Species	El-Boom	New Bahr El-Baqar drain
CHLOROPHYCEAE
1	Acutodesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) P.M. Tsarenko	+	+
2	Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs	+	+
3	Ankistrodesmus fractus (West & G.S.West) Collins	+	+
4	Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck	+	+
5	Coelastrum microporum Nägeli	+	+
6	Crucigenia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Kuntze	+	+
7	Desmodesmus bicaudatus (Dedusenko) P.M. Tsarenko	–	+
8	Desmodesmus maximus (West & G.S.West) Hegewald	–	+
9	Elakatothrix gelatinosa Wille	+	+
10	Franceia ovalis (Francé) Lemmermann	+	+
11	Fusola viridis J.W. Snow	+	+
12	Golenkinia radiata Chodat	+	–
13	Kirchneriella aperta Teiling	+	+
14	Kirchneriella major C. Bernard	+	+
15	Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S. West	+	+
16	Monoraphidium convolutum (Corda) Komárková-Legnerová	+	+
17	Nephrocytium limneticum (G.M. Smith) G.M. Smith	+	+
18	Oedogonium americanum Transeau	+	+
19	Oocystis pyriformis Prescott	+	+
20	Pseudopediastrum boryanum var. longicorne (Reinsch) Tsarenko	–	+
21	Pseudokirchneriella elongata (G.M.Smith) F.Hindák	–	+
22	Quadrigula chodatii (Tanner-Füllemann) G.M. Smith	–	+
23	Scenedesmus armatus (Chodat) Chodat	+	–
24	Scenedesmus bijugus (Turpin) Lagerheim	–	+
25	Scenedesmus obtusus Meyen	+	+
26	Schroederia jadayi G.M. Smith	+	–
27	Selenastrum bibraianum Reinsch	+	+
28	Tetradesmus dimorphus (Turpin) M.J. Wynne	+	+
29	Tetraëdron minimum (A. Braun) Hansgirg	+	+
30	Tetraëdron trigonum (Nägeli) Hansgirg	+	+
31	Tetraselmis suecica (Kylin) Butcher	+	+
BACILLARIOPHYCEAE
1	Actinoptychus octonarius (Ehrenberg) Kützing	+	+
2	Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen	+	+
3	Biddulphia biddulphiana (J.E. Smith) Boyer	+	+
4	Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg	+	+
5	Chaetoceros lorenzianus Grunow	–	+
6	Cocconeis neodiminuta Krammer	+	+
7	Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing	+	+
8	Cymbella tumida (Brébisson) van Heurck	+	–
9	Entomoneis alata (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg	+	+
10	Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) J.B. Petersen	+	+
11	Lyrella lyra (Ehrenberg) Karajeva	+	+
12	Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) W. Smith	+	+
13	Nitzschia frustulum var. perpusillum (Rabenhorst) van Heurck	–	+
14	Nitzschia linearis W. Smith	+	+
15	Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W. Smith	+	+
16	Pantocsekiella ocellata (Pantocsek) K.T. Kiss & E.Ács	+	+
17	Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst	–	+
18	Pleurosigma elongatum W. Smith	+	–
19	Triceratium favus Ehrenberg	+	–
20	Triceratium grande var. septangulata (Kitton) Schmidt	+	–
21	Ulnaria ulna (Nitzsch) Compère	+	+
CYANOPHYCEAE
1	Anabaena wisconsinensis Prescott	+	+
2	Anabaenopsis circularis (G.S. West) Woloszynska & V. Miller	+	+
3	Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst	+	+
4	Chroococcus minor (Kützing) Nägeli	+	+
5	Chroococcus minutus (Kützing) Nägeli	+	+
6	Chroococcus pallidus Nägeli	+	+
7	Dactylococcopsis raphidioides Hansgirg	+	+
8	Glaucospira laxissima (G.S. West) Simic, Komárek & Dordevic	+	–
9	Gloeobacter violaceus Rippka, J.B. Waterbury & Cohen-Bazire	+	+
10	Gloeocapsa punctata Nägeli	+	+
11	Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing	+	+
12	Leptolyngbya tenuis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek	+	+
13	Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann	+	+
14	Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing	+	+
15	Oscillatoria tenuis C. Agardh ex Gomont	+	+
16	Phormidium inundatum Kützing ex Gomont	+	+
17	Rhabdoderma lineare Schmidle & Lauterborn	+	+
EUGLENOPHYCEAE
1	Euglena minuta Prescott	+	+
2	Lepocinclis buetschlii Lemmermann	+	–
3	Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann	+	+
4	Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin	+	–
5	Trachelomonas armata (Ehrenberg) F. Stein	+	+
6	Trachelomonas hispida (Perty) F. Stein	+	+
7	Trachelomonas cylindracea (Playfair) T.G. Popova	+	–
CONJUGATOPHYCEAE
1	Euastrum binale var. gutwinskii (Schmidle) Homfeld	+	–
2	Cosmarium laeve Rabenhorst	–	+
DINOPHYCEAE
1	Prorocentrum tsawwassenense Hoppenrath & B.S. Leander	+	+

General features of phytoplankton (total abundance and abundance of dominant groups, No_× 104 cell l−1) in both experimental basins

Abundance	Basin I
Abundance	Total	Cyanophyceae	Chlorophyceae	Baccillariophyceae
Minimum	190	90	35	40
Maximum	780	345	270	205
Median	525	250	175	90
Mean	507.3	242.3	163.7	94.3
Standard deviation	157.1	69.0	75.3	47.8
Coefficient of variation (%)	31	28	46	51
Abundance	Basin II
Abundance	Total	Cyanophyceae	Chlorophyceae	Baccillariophyceae
Minimum	215	75	35	25
Maximum	705	380	165	260
Median	325	145	70	105
Mean	361.3	181.3	71.3	105.0
Standard deviation	132.1	91.2	30.3	64.3
Coefficient of variation (%)	37	50	43	61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0025 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Nov 24, 2017

Accepted on: Jan 15, 2018

Published on: Sep 21, 2018

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Physicochemical parameters of waters at two sampling sites in Lake Manzala in spring 2017

List of phytoplankton species investigated both in basin I (El-Boom) and basin II (New Bahr El-Baqar drain) during the experimental period (dominant species are in bold)

General features of phytoplankton (total abundance and abundance of dominant groups, No_× 104 cell l−1) in both experimental basins

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