Quantitative importance of Cyanobacteria populations in a hypertrophic shallow lake in the subequatorial African region (Yaounde Municipal Lake, Cameroon)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-510

  Kemka, N ^a   Njine T ^b   Zebaze Togouet S H ^a   Niyitegeka, D ^b   Monkiedje, A ^b   Foto Menbohan, S ^b   Nola, M ^b   Compere P ^c  

^a Institute for Geological and Mining Research   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Cyanobacteria; Physico chemical environment; Tropical hypertrophic lake

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS;

CAMEROON;

ALGAE; APHANOCAPSA; APHANOCAPSA ELACHISTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ELACHISTA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS WESENBERGII; OSCILLATORIA; PLANKTOTHRIX MOUGEOTII;

EID: 0038373540     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0156-0495     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. ALPINE, A. E. & CLOERN, J. E. (1988): Phytoplankton growth rates in a light-limited environment, San Francisco Bay. - Mar. Ecol. Progr. 44: 167-173.
2. th ed. - APHA, Washington DC, 1134 p.
3. ASHTON, P. J. (1985): Seasonality in southern hemisphere freshwater Phytoplankton assemblages. - Hydrobiologia 125: 179-190.
4. BAILEY-WATTS, A. E. (1978): A nine years study of the phytoplankton of the eutrophic and non-stratifying Loch Leven (Kinross, Scotland). - J. Ecol. 66: 741-771.
5. BARICA, J. (1980): Why hypertrophic ecosystem? - In: BARICA, J. th MUR, L. R. (eds.): Hypertrophic ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology 2. - Dr W; Junk Publishers, The Hague: ix - xi.
6. BIERMAN, V. J. Jr., DOLAN, D. M., KASPRZYK, R. & CLARK, J. L. (1984): A retrospective analysis of the response of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, to reductions in phosphorus loadings. - Environm. Sci. Technol. 18: 23-31.
7. BOURRELLY, P. (1990): Les algues d'eau douce. Tome 1: Les algues vertes. - N. Boubée et Cie., Paris, 572 p.
8. e Congrès International Limnologie Océanographie. Univ. Bordeaux 1 (Talence, Gironde, France), p. 7-10.
9. BROOK, A. J. (1979): Population dynamics and water quality with special reference to the Desmidiaceae. - In: PESSON, P.: Dynamique de population et qualité de l'eau. Gauthier-villars, Paris, p. 87-106.
10. CARPENTER, E. J. (1983): Physiology and ecology of marine planktonic Oscillatoria (Trchodesmium). - Mar. Biol. Lett. 4: 69-85.
11. 2 fixation rate measurements in marine Oscillatoria (Trchodesmium). - J. Plank. Res. 9: 1047-1056.
12. CRONBERG, G. (1982): Phytoplankton changes in Lake Trummen induced by restoration. - Folia Limnologica Scandinavica. 18: 119 p.
13. DEVAUX, J. (1976): Dynamique des populations phytoplanctoniques dans deux lacs du massif central Français. - An. Stat. Biol. Besse-En-Chandesse, Univ. Clermont-Ferrand 10: 185 p.
14. DOKULIL, M. T. & TEUBNER, K. (2000): Cyanobacterial dominance in lakes. - Hydrobiologia 438: 1-12.
15. FOGS, G. E., STEWART, W. D. P., FAY, P. & WALSBY, A. E. (1973): The Blue-Green Algae. - Academic Press, London, 459 pp.
16. GIANESELLA-GALVAO, S. M. F, COSTA, M. P. F. & KUTNER, M. B. B. (1995): Bloom of Oscillatoda (Trichodesmium) erythraea (EHR.) KUTZ. in coastal waters of the Southwest Atlantic. - Publçao esp. Inst. Oceanogr., S. Paulo. 11: 133-140.
17. GIBSON, C. E. & FITZSIMMONS, A. G. (1982): Periodicity and morphology of planktonic blue-green algae in an unstratified lake (Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland). Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. 4: 459-476.
18. HUMMERT, C., DAHLMANN, J., REICHELT, M. & LUCKAS, B. (2001): Analytical techniques for monitoring harmful cyanobacteria in lakes. - Lakes and Reservoirs: Res. and Managem. 6: 159-168.
19. IBELINGS, B. W. & MABERLY, S. C. (1998): Photoinhibition and the availability of inorganic carbon restrict photosynthesis by surface blooms of cyanobacteria. - Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 408-419.
20. e Cycle, Université de Yaoundé I, 197 p.
21. LACAZE, J.-C. (1996): L'eutrophisation des eaux marines et continentales. - Ellipse ed., 191 p.
22. LANDNER, L. (1976): Eutrophication of lakes: Causes, effects and means for control, with emphasis on lake rehabilitation in Sweden. 52 p.
23. LAWTON, L. A. & CODD, G. A. (1991): Cyanobacterial (blue green algal) toxins and their significance in UK and European waters. - J. Inst. Wat. Environ. Managem. 5: 460-465.
24. LAZZARO, X. (1981): Biomasses, peuplements phytoplanctoniques et production primaire du lac Titicaca. - Rev. Hydrobiol. Trop. 14: 349-350.
25. LUND, J. W. G., KIPLING, C. & CRENNE, D. (1958): The inverted microscope method of estimating algal numbers and the statistical basis of estimations by counting. Hydrobiologia 11: 143-170.
26. MACKERETH, F. J. H., HERON, J., & TALLING, J. F. (1978): Water analysis: some revised methods for limnologists. - Sci. Publ. Freshwat. Biol. Assoc. England, n° 36.
27. MARLÈNE, S. E, ROBARTS, R. D. & ARTS, M. T. (1994): Predicted versus actual determinations of algal production, algal biomass, and zooplankton biomass in a hypereutrophic hyposaline prairie lake. - Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 1037-1049.
28. MELACK, J. M. (1979): Temporal variability of Phytoplankton in tropical Lakes. - Oecologia, pp. 1-7.
29. MORTIMER, C. H. C. (1956): The oxygen content of air saturated freshwater and aids in calculating percentage saturation. - Mitt. Int. Verein. Limnol. 6: 1-20.
30. e edition. - Blackwell Science, 557 p.
31. th Int. Conf. Conservation and management of Lakes, Stresa 1993: 565-569.
32. NIXDORF, B. & HOEG, S. (1993): Phytoplankton-community structure, succession and chlorophyll content in Lake Müggelsee from 1979 to 1990. - Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. 78: 359-377.
33. PERSSON, P. E. (1983): Off-Flavours in Aquatic Ecosystems. An introduction. - Water Science and Technology 15: 1-11.
34. PIETERSE, A. J. H. & ROHRBECK, M. A. (1990): Dominant phytoplankters and environmental variables in Roodeplaat Dam, Pretoria, South Africa. - Water SA 16: 211-218.
35. RAMBERG, L. (1987): Phytoplankton succession in the Sanyati basin, Lake Kariba. - Hydrobiologia 153: 193-202.
36. REYNOLDS, C. S. (1984): Artificial induction of surface blooms of cyanobacteria. - Verh. Int. Limnol. 22: 638-643.
37. - (1987): Cyanobacterial water-blooms. - Adv. Bot. Res.: 67-143.
38. - (1988): Functional morphology and the adaptative strategies of freshwater phytoplankton. - In: SANDGREN, C. D. (ed.): Growth and reproductive strategies of freshwater phytoplankton. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 388-433.
39. - (1999): Phytoplankton assemblages in reservoirs. - Theoretical Reservoir Ecology and its Applications: 439-456.
40. REYNOLDS, C. S. & WALSBY, A. E. (1975): Water blooms. - Biol. Rev. 50: 437-481.
41. ROBARTS, R. D. & ZOHARY, T. (1984): Microcystis aeruginosa and underwater light attenuation in an hypeutrophic lake (Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa). - J. Ecol. 72: 1001-1007.
42. e Congrès International Limnologie Océanographie. Univ. Bordeaux 1 (Talence, Gironde, France): 7-10.
43. SANT'ANNA, C. L. & AZEVEDO, M. T. P. (2000): Contribution to the knowledge of potentially toxic cyanobacteria from Brazil. - Nova Hedwigia 71: 359-385.
44. SCHREURS, H. (1992): Cyanobacterial dominance. Relations to eutrophication and lake morphology. - Doctoral thesis, Univ. Amsterdam, 198 p.
45. SCRANTON, M. I. (1983): The role of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) thiebautii in marine hydrogen cycle. - Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 11: 79-87.
46. 2. - Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. 69: 765-780.
47. 2 and pH. - Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 24: 38-54.
48. SUCHEL, B. (1972): La répartition des pluies et des régimes pluviométriques au Cameroun. - Travaux et documents de géographie tropicale (C-E. G.T. C.N.R.S.) 5: 1-288.
49. - (1987): Les climats du Cameroun. - Thèse de Doctorat d'Etat. Univ. Bordeaux III, 1186 p.
50. TADONLÉKÉ, D. R., JUGNIA, L.-B., SIME-NGANDO, T., ZÉBAZÉ, S. & NOLA, M. (1998): Short-term vertical distribution of phytoplankton populations in a shallow tropical lake (Lake Municipal, Yaoundé, Cameroon). - Arch. Hydrobiol. 143: 469-485.
51. TALLING, J. F. (1986): The seasonality of phytoplankton in African lakes. - Hydrobiologia 138: 139-160.
52. UTERMÖHL, H. (1958): Zur Vervollkommnung der quantitativen Phytoplankton-Methodik. - Mitt. Int. Verein. Limnol. 9: 1-38.
53. WATSON, S. B., MCCAULEY, E. & DOWNING, J. A. (1997): Patterns in phytoplankton taxonomic composition across temperate lakes of differing nutrient status. - Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 487-495.
54. nd ed. - Springer-Verlag, New York, 391 p.
55. WILLÈN, E. (1976): A simplified method of phytoplankton counting. - Br. Phycol. J. 11: 265-278.
56. WILLÈN, E., AHLGREN, G. & SÖDERHIELM, A.-C. (2000): Toxic cyanophytes in three Swedish lakes. - Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 27: 560-564.
57. XIE, L. & XIE, P. (2002): Long-term (1956-1999) dynamics of phosphorus in a shallow, subtropical Chinese lake with the possible effects of cyanobacteria blooms. Water Research 36: 343-349.
58. ZOHARY, T. & ROBARTS, R. D. (1989): Diurnal mixed layers and the long-term dominance of Microcystis aeruginosa. - J. Plankton Res. 11: 25-48.
59. ZOHARY, T., ARCANGELA, M. P. M., ROBARTS, R. & HAMBRIGHT, K. D. (1996): Interannual phytoplankton dynamics of a hypertrophic African lake. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 136: 105-126.