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Recovery and fate of three species of marine dinoflagellates after yellow clay flocculation

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The recovery and fate of three species of dinoflagellates, Alexandrium tamarense, Cochlodinium polykrikoides and Scrippsiella trochoidea, after having been sedimented by yellow clay, were investigated in the laboratory. The effect of burying period in yellow clay pellet and mixing on the recovery of settled algal cells were studied. The morphological changes of algal cells in yellow clay pellet were also tracked. Results showed that there was almost no recovery for A. tamarense and C. polykrikoides, and the cells decomposed after 2–3 days after visible changes in morphology and chloroplasts. There was some recovery for S. trochoidea. Moreover, S. trochoidea cysts were formed in clay pellet during the period of about 14 days, with the highest abundance of 87 000 cysts g−1 clay and the incidence of cyst formation of 6.5%, which was considered as a potential threat for the further occurrence of algal blooms. S. trochoidea cysts were isolated from yellow clay and incubated to test their viability, and a germination ratio of more than 30% was obtained after incubation for 1 month. These results showed the species specificity of the mitigation effect of yellow clay. It is suggested that cautions be taken for some harmful species and thorough risk assessments be conducted before using this mitigation strategy in the field.

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    Xiao-Xia Sun & Joong-Ki Choi

  2. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Xiao-Xia Sun

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Sun, XX., Choi, JK. Recovery and fate of three species of marine dinoflagellates after yellow clay flocculation. Hydrobiologia 519, 153–165 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026502.05971.bf

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