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dc.contributor.authorBurford, MA
dc.contributor.authorRevill, AT
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J
dc.contributor.authorClementson, L
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T12:31:55Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T12:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-18T03:48:19Z
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.10.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/48325
dc.description.abstractMicroalgal blooms can result from anthropogenic nutrient loadings in coastal ecosystems. However, differentiating sources of nutrients remains a challenge. The response of phytoplankton and benthic microalgae (BMA) to nutrient loads was compared across tropical tidal creeks with and without secondary treated sewage. Primary productivity in the water column was limited by nitrogen availability in absence of sewage, with nitrogen saturation in the presence of sewage. Phytoplankton primary productivity rates and chlorophyll a concentrations increased in response to sewage, and there was a greater response than for BMA. There was no change in algal pigment proportions within the phytoplankton or BMA communities. Concentrations of the sewage marker, coprostanol, were higher near sewage discharge points decreasing downstream, correlating with a decline in nutrient concentrations. This suggests that sewage was the main source of nitrogen and phosphorus. This study highlights the scale and type of response of algal communities to sewage nutrients.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2671
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2680
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.ispartofvolume64
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.titleEffect of sewage nutrients on algal production, biomass and pigments in tropical tidal creeks
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBurford, Michele A.


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