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- Title
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA IN AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN THE BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARID REGION.
- Authors
DE OLIVEIRA LIMA, FRANCISCO JOSIVAN; LOPES, FERNANDO BEZERRA; DE ANDRADE, EUNICE MAIA; DA ROCHA, FRANCISCO CLEITON; MAIA MEIRELES, ANA CÉLIA
- Abstract
Intensification of the eutrophication process in surface water leads to an increase in the intensity and frequency of cyanobacterial blooms, compromising the availability of drinking water. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of cyanobacteria and identify the most important nutrients for such dynamics in a semiarid artificial lake, the Orós reservoir, in north-eastern Brazil. Seventyseven water samples were collected in 11 campaigns (six during the dry season and five during the rainy season) from seven points. The attributes under investigation were the Secchi transparency, turbidity, pH, apparent colour, electrical conductivity, total solids, total phosphorus, soluble orthophosphate content, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, ammonia content, nitrate content, and cyanobacteria dynamics, resulting in a total of 924 samples (number of campaigns × number of points × number of attributes). Principal component analysis and cluster analysis were used to investigate the significance and determinant attributes of the spatio-temporal dynamics of cyanobacteria. Of the 17 species of cyanobacteria identified, 10 accounted for 72.47% of the total accumulated variance. During the rainy season, four homogeneous groups of cyanobacteria formed, whereas during the dry season, only three groups formed. The greatest concentrations occurred during the dry season, notably for Aphanocapsa spp., Cylindrospermopsis sp., and Geitlerinema sp., which are potentially toxic and show a greater affinity to the physical attributes of water. Climate seasonality was decisive in the spatiotemporal dynamics of cyanobacteria, and high transparency values limited excessive proliferation of the dominant species.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CYANOBACTERIAL blooms; ARID regions; WATER quality; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); POISONS; CYANOBACTERIA; WATER supply; PRINCIPAL components analysis
- Publication
Revista Caatinga, 2022, Vol 35, Issue 2, p423
- ISSN
0100-316X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1983-21252022v35n218rc