ArticleScientific reports2016
To increase size or decrease density? Different Microcystis species has different choice to form blooms.
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- A Review of Phytoplankton Sinking Rates: Mechanisms, Methodologies, and Biogeochemical Implications.Biology · 2026Review
- Influence of wind and light on the floating and sinking process of Microcystis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Co-regulatory role of Microcystis colony cell volume and compactness in buoyancy during the growth stage.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Distribution of the Harmful Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, in 88 Freshwater Environments across Japan.Microbes and environments · 2020Article
- Modelling the vertical migration of different-sized Microcystis colonies: coupling turbulent mixing and buoyancy regulation.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
The buoyancy of Microcystis colonies is a principal factor determining blooms occurrence but the knowledge of seasonal variation in buoyancy is quite poor because of challenge in analysis method. In this study, a method based on the Stokes' Law after researching on the effects of shapes on settling velocity of Microcystis colonies, whose gas vesicles were collapsed, to accurately measure density was established. The method was used in Lake Taihu. From January to May, mean density of Microcystis colonies decreased from 995 kg m
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