Macro- and micronutrient effects on phytoplankton in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, and the western basin of Lake Erie.

ABSTRACT: Efforts to reduce the frequency, extent, and toxicity of harmful algal blooms (HABs) require knowledge about drivers of algal growth, toxin production, and shifts in phytoplankton community composition to cyanobacterial dominance. Although labile nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fuel primary production, micronutrients also play roles as the enzymatic engines that facilitate rapid and efficient growth and toxin production. Macro- and micronutrient availability can shape community composition and function by selecting for particular taxa. To address how phytoplankton in two Great Lakes subbasins respond to macro- and micronutrients, we conducted bottle incubation enrichment experiments using water collected from two blooming and two nonblooming sites in Lakes Erie and Michigan during late sum

SUBMITTER: Stoll JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670276 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature