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Sediment and phytoplankton records of the cyanobacterial genus Anabaena in boreal Lake Pyhäjärvi

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Past occurrence and quantities of Anabaena cyanobacteria in Lake Pyhäjärvi, SW Finland, were investigated using sediment and phytoplankton records. A short sediment core covering the past 20 years was examined for Anabaena resting spores (akinetes) in order to assess the utility of akinetes as a paleolimnological proxy. Sedimentary akinetes confirmed the past existence of Anabaena in water, but did not show a direct correlation with the amount of Anabaena spp. in water samples. The amount of planktonic Anabaena spp. correlated with total phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in Lake Pyhäjärvi, but the number of akinetes was considered to have a relationship with low nutrient concentrations and dominant bloom-forming cyanobacteria. Akinetes are probably suitable for low-resolution and long time scale paleolimnological investigations, where they provide information of past cyanobacteria that cannot be directly attained otherwise.

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  1. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), P.O. Box 140, FI-00251, Helsinki, Finland

    Johanna Räsänen

  2. Geological Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 1237, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland

    Tommi Kauppila

  3. Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland

    Kristiina Vuorio

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Räsänen, J., Kauppila, T. & Vuorio, K. Sediment and phytoplankton records of the cyanobacterial genus Anabaena in boreal Lake Pyhäjärvi. Hydrobiologia 568, 455–465 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0226-9

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