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The influence of hydrological conditions on phytoplankton community structure and cyanopeptide concentration in dammed lowland river

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Study results show continuous summer-autumn dominance of toxic cyanobacteria in plankton not only in the strongly eutrophicated lowland Siemianówka reservoir, but also along 130 km of Narew river below the lake. The negative effects of eutrophication of the reservoir reach far outside its boundaries. One of the symptoms of eutrophication was a mass development of cyanobacteria, including the toxin-producing Planktothrix agardhii. In the reservoir, the biomass of the species strongly correlated with the concentration of microcystins. Redundancy analysis (RDA) identified seven environmental variables as significantly influencing phytoplankton composition in the Narew river: discharge, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, orthophosphates, silicate ions, and total phosphorous. Higher discharge in the river and higher rates of flushing induced faster dilution of limnoplankton in downstream river and had positive effects on the decrease of cyanobacterial biomass and microcystin concentration.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland (grant number N N305 156136) to MG. The authors would like to acknowledge the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - National Research Institute for data sharing values of flow in Narew river in 2009–2010 and the Regional Land Improvement and Water Facilities Management in Białystok for received data. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments, which have helped us improve the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Hydrobiology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego1J, 15-245, Białystok, Poland

    Magdalena Grabowska

  2. Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, Al. Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378, Gdynia, Poland

    Hanna Mazur-Marzec

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Grabowska, M., Mazur-Marzec, H. The influence of hydrological conditions on phytoplankton community structure and cyanopeptide concentration in dammed lowland river. Environ Monit Assess 188, 488 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5506-x

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