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Differences in Carbon and Nitrogen Migration and Transformation Driven by Cyanobacteria and Macrophyte Activities in Taihu Lake

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  • Chaonan Han

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Hao Wu

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Ningning Sun

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Yu Tang

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Yan Dai

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Tianhao Dai

    (School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

Abstract

The metabolic activities of primary producers play an important role in the migration and transformation of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in aquatic environments. This study selected two typical areas in Taihu Lake, a cyanobacteria-dominant area (Meiliang Bay) and a macrophyte-dominant area (in the east area of the lake), to study the effects of cyanobacteria and macrophyte activities on C and N migration and transformation in aquatic environments. The results showed that total N and total particulate N concentrations in the water of the cyanobacteria-dominant area were much higher than those in the macrophyte-dominant area, which was mainly due to the assimilated intracellular N in cyanobacteria. Macrophyte activity drove a significantly higher release of dissolved organic C (DOC) in the water than that driven by cyanobacteria activity, and the DOC contents in the water of the macrophyte-dominant area were 2.4~4.6 times the DOC contents in the cyanobacteria-dominant area. In terms of the sediments, organic matter (OM), sediment total N and N species had positive correlations and their contents were higher in the macrophyte-dominant area than in the cyanobacteria-dominant area. Sediment OM contents in the macrophyte-dominant area increased from 4.19% to 9.33% as the sediment deepened (0~10 cm), while the opposite trend was presented in the sediments of the cyanobacteria-dominant area. Sediment OM in the macrophyte-dominant area may contain a relatively high proportion of recalcitrant OC species, while sediment OM in the cyanobacteria-dominant area may contain a relatively high proportion of labile OC species. Compared with the macrophyte-dominant area, there was a relatively high richness and diversity observed in the bacterial community in the sediments in the cyanobacteria-dominant area, which may be related to the high proportion of labile OC in the OM composition in its sediments. The relative abundances of most OC-decomposing bacteria, denitrifying bacteria, Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira were higher in the sediments of the cyanobacteria-dominant area than in the macrophyte-dominant area. These bacteria in the sediments of the cyanobacteria-dominant area potentially accelerated the migration and transformation of C and N, which may supply nutrients to overlying water for the demands of cyanobacteria growth. This study enhances the understanding of the migration and transformation of C and N and the potential effects of bacterial community structures under the different primary producer habitats.

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  • Chaonan Han & Hao Wu & Ningning Sun & Yu Tang & Yan Dai & Tianhao Dai, 2022. "Differences in Carbon and Nitrogen Migration and Transformation Driven by Cyanobacteria and Macrophyte Activities in Taihu Lake," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-14, December.
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