| Title |
Succession of Cyanobacterial Species and Taxonomical Characteristics of Dolichospermum spp. (Nostocales, Cyanophyceae) in the Weir Regions of the Nakdong River |
| Authors |
류희성 ( Hui-seong Ryu ) ; 신라영 ( Ra-young Shin ) ; 서경애 ( Kyung-ae Seo ) ; 이정호 ( Jung-ho Lee ) ; 김경현 ( Kyunghyun Kim ) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2018.34.5.503 |
| Keywords |
Cyanobacteria; Genus Anabaena; Taxonomy; Water-bloom |
| Abstract |
Freshwater cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum is one of the most commonly spotted types of phytoplankton, whereas a limited number of studies on morphology of Dolichospermum spp. have been performed in South Korea. The purpose of this study is to investigate the succession pattern of cyanobacteria after weir construction, as well as morphological characteristics of Dolichospermum spp. from natural samples collected in the weir regions of Nakdong River. A total of 31 cyanobacterial taxa observed in this study were classified as belonging to 15 genera, 5 families, and 3 orders. Among them, morphological characteristics in the four species were classified into genus Dolichospermum, for most of the planktic former members of the genus Anabaena, were observed through light microscopy. Water bloom frequently occurred in the middle region of Nakdong River, the maximum number of cyanobacterial species appeared in the lower region of Nakdong River. The appearance of order Chrooccocales was only observed during summer when population density of Microcystis aeruginosa reached an annual peak. In contrast, filamentous cyanobacteria was observed throughout the whole year, even if when water temperature was lower than 5 °C. It implied that the low-temperature-adapted filamentous cyanobacteria can grow in a range of water temperatures. Coil diameter of D. crassum from natural samples was 75 ~ 140 μm (ave. = 91.3 μm; n = 94), slightly larger than those reported by previous studies. Dolichospemum smithii (Komarek) Wacklin et al. 2009, was described for the first time in Nakdong River. |