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- Title
Microcystin production by cyanobacteria in the Mwanza Gulf (Lake Victoria, Tanzania).
- Authors
Sekadende, Baraka; Lyimo, Thomas; Kurmayer, Rainer
- Abstract
In order to investigate the potential for microcystin (MC) production by cyanobacteria in the Mwanza Gulf (Lake Victoria, Tanzania), nutrients, phytoplankton and microcystins were sampled inshore (3 m depth) and offshore (18 m depth) from May to August 2002. Significant differences in soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) and nitrate concentrations between offshore and inshore indicated eutrophication via terrestrial run-off. Though the concentrations of SRP and nitrate ranged between 36–127 and 35–726 μg l−1 each, the phytoplankton biovolume was generally low. The phytoplankton community was dominated by diatoms ( Nitzschia acicularis), a number of cyanobacterial species ( Aphanocapsa sp., Anabaena sp., Planktolyngbya spp., Microcystis sp.) and cryptomonads. The water column was completely mixed and Nitzschiapeaked in abundance during July. All cyanobacteria were low in abundance during the entire study period (0.1–1.6 mm3 l−1). Microcystins were analysed using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode Array Detection (HPLC-DAD) and in most samples no microcystins were detected. The highest concentration of [Asp3]-MC-RR was found in open water at the surface on July 2nd, 2002 (1 μg l−1). MC concentrations did not pose a potential health risk in the Mwanza Gulf during the study period, however, it is possible that the period of higher cyanobacterial biovolumes has been missed during the sampling period of this study.
- Subjects
TANZANIA; MICROCYSTINS; LAKES; MICROBIAL peptides; PROKARYOTES; BACILLARIACEAE
- Publication
Hydrobiologia, 2005, Vol 543, Issue 1-3, p299
- ISSN
0018-8158
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10750-004-6949-6