TY - JOUR
T1 - Algal growth potential and nutrient limitation in a tropical river-reservoir system of the central plateau, mexico
AU - López, Eugenia López
AU - Dávalos-Lind, Laura
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - Algal bioassays to determine algal growth potential of waters and nutrient limitation were conducted using a standard test organism Selenastrum capricornutum and native phytoplankton from the sites sampled. The study site was the river-reservoir system of the Río Grande de Morelia located on the Mexican Central Plateau. The US Environmental Protection Agency's protocol for algal bioassays was followed. In this river-reservoir system, urban and industrial impacts increase downstream. The bioassays showed that water from sites impacted by rural settlements has a low algal growth potential and that nitrogen limits growth. Sites located at urban and industrial settlements have a high algal growth potential and phosphorus limits algae growth.
AB - Algal bioassays to determine algal growth potential of waters and nutrient limitation were conducted using a standard test organism Selenastrum capricornutum and native phytoplankton from the sites sampled. The study site was the river-reservoir system of the Río Grande de Morelia located on the Mexican Central Plateau. The US Environmental Protection Agency's protocol for algal bioassays was followed. In this river-reservoir system, urban and industrial impacts increase downstream. The bioassays showed that water from sites impacted by rural settlements has a low algal growth potential and that nitrogen limits growth. Sites located at urban and industrial settlements have a high algal growth potential and phosphorus limits algae growth.
KW - Bioassay
KW - Limitation
KW - Nutrient
KW - Selenastrum Capricornutum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011142097&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14634989808656929
DO - 10.1080/14634989808656929
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85011142097
SN - 1463-4988
VL - 1
SP - 345
EP - 351
JO - Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management
JF - Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management
IS - 3-4
ER -