dc.contributor.author | Burford, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Revill, AT | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Clementson, L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-25T12:31:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-25T12:31:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2013-06-18T03:48:19Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-326X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.10.008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/48325 | |
dc.description.abstract | Microalgal 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.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 459623 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 2671 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 2680 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 12 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Marine Pollution Bulletin | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 64 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Environmental management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 410404 | |
dc.title | Effect of sewage nutrients on algal production, biomass and pigments in tropical tidal creeks | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith 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.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Burford, Michele A. | |