Qualitative and quantitative changes of green algae with relation to physicochemical water parameters in the urban Lake Jeziorak Maly

Abstract

Phytoplankton in the littoral and pelagial zone of the urban Lake Jeziorak Mały were studied between April and October of 2002, 2003 and 2005. The relation between the abundance and biomass of green algae and selected physiochemical water parameters, species diversity and dominants in the total abundance and biomass of green algae were analyzed. The statistically significant relationships was noted between water temperature, oxygen content, total nitrogen and the biomass of green algae at the coefficient of multiple correlation R = 0.4722. Increased the abundance and biomass of green algae were followed by a decrease in water temperature and increase in oxygen content and total nitrogen concentration during their growth in a temperature range of 10.0oC to 18.8oC. The maximum biomass of green algae was noted in September and the maximum their abundance in October at the highest total nitrogen concentration. In the case of abundance, dominated taxa typical of plankton (Micratinium pusillum, Chlamydomonas spp., Golenkinia radiata, Golenkiniopsis sp., Koliella variabilis and Monoraphidium concortum) and biomass one – filamentous forms as a component of plant periphyton (Spirogyra sp., Stigeoclonium sp. and Ulothrix tenuissima). ZMIANY ILOŚCIOWE I JAKOŚCIOWE ZIELENIC NA TLE FIZYCZNO-CHEMICZNYCH PARAMETRÓW WODY W ŚRÓDMIEJSKIM JEZIORZE JEZIORAK MAŁY