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Effect of Postmining Waters on Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis
New waterbodies have been created in a postmining area of the brown‐coal basin in Sokolov, Czech Republic. The former open‐cast quarry, Medard, has been filling with water from a local river, the surrounding catchment spoil heaps, and acid mine drainages. The effect of acidic (pH down to 2.5) and high‐conductivity water (up to 1400 mS/m) on selected cyanobacteria and the possibility of cyanobacterial water bloom in the newly formed Lake Medard were studied by means of chlorophyll fluorometry (actual photosystem II [PSII] quantum yield, ΔF/, and relative electron transport rate, rETR). The acidic spoil‐heap waters caused a decrease in cyanobacterial photosynthetic activity of 52 to 100% of the initial ΔF/ value. The Dolichospermum strains were about 10 times more sensitive than Microcystis viridis. The high concentration of dissolved ions appeared to have less effect on cyanobacterial PSII. Although the bottom meta‐ and hypolimnion layers were proven to negatively influence the cyanobacteria, the perennial stratification of the lake does not enable the water characteristics of the upper layers to change extensively and thus possibly suppresses the undesirable cyanobacterial bloom. The response of cyanobacteria to spoil‐heap waters appears to be species‐specific and can promote selection of those resistant to postmining environments.
Effect of Postmining Waters on Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis
New waterbodies have been created in a postmining area of the brown‐coal basin in Sokolov, Czech Republic. The former open‐cast quarry, Medard, has been filling with water from a local river, the surrounding catchment spoil heaps, and acid mine drainages. The effect of acidic (pH down to 2.5) and high‐conductivity water (up to 1400 mS/m) on selected cyanobacteria and the possibility of cyanobacterial water bloom in the newly formed Lake Medard were studied by means of chlorophyll fluorometry (actual photosystem II [PSII] quantum yield, ΔF/, and relative electron transport rate, rETR). The acidic spoil‐heap waters caused a decrease in cyanobacterial photosynthetic activity of 52 to 100% of the initial ΔF/ value. The Dolichospermum strains were about 10 times more sensitive than Microcystis viridis. The high concentration of dissolved ions appeared to have less effect on cyanobacterial PSII. Although the bottom meta‐ and hypolimnion layers were proven to negatively influence the cyanobacteria, the perennial stratification of the lake does not enable the water characteristics of the upper layers to change extensively and thus possibly suppresses the undesirable cyanobacterial bloom. The response of cyanobacteria to spoil‐heap waters appears to be species‐specific and can promote selection of those resistant to postmining environments.
Effect of Postmining Waters on Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis
Medová, Hana (author) / Přikryl, Ivo (author) / Zapomnělová, Eliška (author) / Pechar, Libor (author)
Water Environment Research ; 87 ; 180-190
2015-02-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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