Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass
Fil: González, Ernesto J. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Instituto de Biología Experimental.Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela.
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snrd:2011Gonzalez22021-10-15T16:56:07Z VEN González, Ernesto J. Quirós, Rolando 2011 Fil: González, Ernesto J. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Instituto de Biología Experimental.Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela. Fil: Quirós, Rolando. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Venezuela has more than 110 oerating reservoirs. However, limnological information is only available for about 20 percent, despite the fact that several of them are subject to negative impacts (eutrophication) caused by anthropogenic activities in their drainage basins. We analyzed the relationships between nutrients and phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll a). A total of 14 reservoirs from the north-central and northeastern regions of Venezuela were assessed. The reservoirs showed different degrees of eutrophication, with the most enriched located in unprotected drainage basins. The systems could be separated according to low (less than 20ug/l) and high (grather than 20ug/l) total phosphorus concentrations. Furthermore, in reservoirs with low NO 3:NH 4 ratios, Cyanobacteria were dominant, whereas other phytoplankton groups were dominant in high NO 3:NH 4 ratios. Our results showed a significant linear relationship between chlorophyll a concentrations and nutrients, phosphorus and nitrogen. This is because both nutrients can be limiting for phytoplankton growth, at least in some systems. Following these results, we suggest that the control or mitigation of eutrophication in Venezuelan reservoirs should be based on an improved management of the drainage basins, rather than simply that of the reservoirs themselves. application/pdf doi:10.4257/oeco.2011.1503.03 issn:2177-6199 http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/collection/arti/document/2011Gonzalez2 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/page/biblioteca#section4 Oecologia Australis Vol.15, no.3 458-475 https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/index EUTROPHICATION NO 3:NH 4RATIO PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS TN:TP RATIO VENEZUELAN RESERVOIRS CYANOBACTERIA Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass article info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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Fil: González, Ernesto J. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Instituto de Biología Experimental.Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela. |
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González, Ernesto J. Quirós, Rolando |
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Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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Eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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eutrophication of reservoirs in venezuela : relationships between nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton biomass |
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