Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective filtration promoted toxic Microcystis blooms in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and Lake Erie
Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective filtration promoted toxic Microcystis blooms in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and Lake Erie
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DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-58-6-1208
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发表时间:
2001-06
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
H. Vanderploeg;J. Liebig;W. Carmichael;Megan Agy;T. Johengen;G. Fahnenstiel;T. Nalepa
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H. Vanderploeg;J. Liebig;W. Carmichael;Megan Agy;T. Johengen;G. Fahnenstiel;T. Nalepa
Microcystis aeruginosa, a planktonic colonial cyanobacterium, was not abundant in the 2-year period before ze- bra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) establishment in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) but became abundant in three of five summers subsequent of mussel establishment. Using novel methods, we determined clearance, capture, and assimilation rates for zebra mussels feeding on natural and laboratory M. aeruginosa strains offered alone or in combination with other algae. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that zebra mussels promoted blooms of toxic M. aeruginosa in Saginaw Bay, western Lake Erie, and other lakes through selective rejection in pseudofeces. Mussels exhibited high feeding rates similar to those seen for a highly desirable food alga (Cryptomonas) with both large (>53 m) and small ( 53 m) et de petites (<53 m) colonies d'une souche non-toxique et d'une souche toxique de laboratoire de M. aeruginosa, qui inhibent l'alimentation chez le zooplancton, les moules maintiennent des taux eleves d'alimentation, semblables a ceux que l'on observe lorsqu'on les nourrit d'une algue tres recherchee (Cryptomonas). Dans des experiences d'alimentation utilisant des souches naturelles de M. aeruginosa toxiques de la baie de Saginaw et du lac Erie et un isolat toxique du lac Erie, les moules presentent des taux de filtration reduits ou normaux et rejettent M. aeruginosa dans leurs pseudofeces. Ce rejet selectif depend de la presence de grandes colonies de souches toxiques «a gout desagreable» de M. aeruginosa qui peuvent etre eliminees facilement, alors que les petites algues appetissantes sont ingerees.