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ArticlePloS one2017

Unusual behaviour of phototrophic picoplankton in turbid waters.

Boglárka Somogyi, Károly Pálffy, Katalin V-Balogh, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Lajos Vörös

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Boglárka SomogyiDepartment of Hydrobotany, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-3315
Károly PálffyDepartment of Hydrobotany, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.
Katalin V-BaloghDepartment of Hydrobotany, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.
Zoltán Botta-DukátDepartment of Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary.
Lajos VörösDepartment of Hydrobotany, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.
HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute · HUInstitute of Ecology and Botany · HU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autotrophic picoplankton (APP) abundance and contribution to phytoplankton biomass was studied in Hungarian shallow lakes to test the effect of inorganic turbidity determining the size distribution of the phytoplankton. The studied lakes displayed wide turbidity (TSS: 4-2250 mg l-1) and phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll a: 1-460 μg l-1) range, as well as APP abundance (0 and 100 million cells ml-1) and contribution (0-100%) to total phytoplankton biomass. Inorganic turbidity had a significant effect on the abundance and contribution of APP, resulting in higher values compared to other freshwater lakes with the same phytoplankton biomass. Our analysis has provided empirical evidence for a switching point (50 mg l-1 inorganic turbidity), above which turbidity is the key factor causing APP predominance regardless of phytoplankton biomass in shallow turbid lakes. Our results have shown that turbid shallow lakes are unique waters, where the formerly and widely accepted model (decreasing APP contribution with increasing phytoplankton biomass) is not applicable. We hypothesize that this unusual behaviour of APP in turbid waters is a result of either diminished underwater light intensity or a reduced grazing pressure due to high inorganic turbidity.

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BiomassChlorophyllChlorophyll ACyanobacteriaEutrophicationHungaryInorganic ChemicalsLakesModels, BiologicalNephelometry and TurbidimetryPhototrophic ProcessesPhytoplanktonChlorophyllChlorophyll AInorganic Chemicals

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PMID28346542
PMCPMC5367718
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