Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A review of basic ecological processes interacting with production and standing-stock of phytoplankton in lakes and reservoirs in Brazil

  • Published:
Hydrobiologia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The author discusses the interactions of the main forcing functions in shallow lakes and reservoirs in Brazil with the functioning of the phytoplankton community from the point of view of primary production and standing-stock. Forcing functions were water level fluctuation, destratification and mixing, wind action and precipitation.

One of the major factors controlling variations in productivity and nutrient availability, diurnal variations of environmental factors, is also discussed. Its role in microstratification and replenishment of nutrients to the euphotic zone in shallow lakes is stressed.

Major processes in reservoirs are related to residence time, ‘hydraulic stratification’, sediment-water interaction, and cultural eutrophication. Perspectives for future limnological research by a process-orientated approach are given.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Arcifa, M. S., Carvalho, M. J., Giesenella Galvão, S. M. F., Shimizu, G. Y., Fröelich, C. G. & Castro, R. M. C., 1981. Limnology of ten reservoirs in Southern Brasil. Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. 22: 1048–1053.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barbosa, F. A. R., 1981. Variações diurnas (24 horas de parâ-metros limnólogicos básicos e da produtividade primária do fitoplâncton na Lagoa Carioca, Parque Florestal do Rio Doce, MG, Brasil. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. fed. São Carlos, Bras., 207 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barbosa, F. A. R. & Tundisi, J. G., 1980. Primary production of phytoplankton and environmental characteristics of a shallow quaternary lake at Eastern Brasil. Arch. Hydrobiol. 90: 139–161.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barbosa, F. A. R., Esteves, F. A. & Tundisi, J. G., 1982. Limnological studies at Eastern Brasil (Rio Doce Valley). 2. Chemical composition and nutritional quality of the forest litter. Trop. Ecol. 23: 155–164.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bergamin, F. H., Reis, B. F. & Zagatto, E. A. G., 1978. A new device for improving sensitivity and stabilization in flow injection analysis. Analyt. chim. Acta 97: 427–431.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fisher, R. T., 1978. Plâncton e produção primária em sistemas aquáticos da Amazônia Central. Acta Amazônica 8: 43–54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Golterman, H. L., 1971. Methods for Chemical Analysis of Freshwaters. IBP Handbook 8, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ganf, G. G., 1972. The regulation of net primary production in Lake George, Uganda, East Africa. In: Kajak, Z. & Allbricht Ilkowska, A. (eds.). Productivity Problems of Freshwaters. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw: 693–708.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ganf, G. G., 1974. Incident solar irradiance and underwater light penetration as factors controlling the chlorophyll a content of a shallow equatorial lake (Lake George, Uganda). J. Ecol. 62: 593–610.

    Google Scholar 

  • Henry, R. & Tundisi, J. G., in press. Evidence of limitation by molybden and nitrogen on the growth of the phytoplanktonic community of the Lobo Reservoir (S. Paulo, Brasil). Revue Hydrobiol. trop.

  • Hutchinson, G. E., 1957. A Treatise on Limnology. 1. Geography, Physics and Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1015 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lemoalle, J., 1969. Premiéres données sur la production primaire dans la region de Bol (avril–october, 1968). (Lac Tchad). Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 3: 107–119.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lemoalle, J., 1973. L'énergie lumineuse et l'activité photosynthetic du phytoplancton dans le Lac Tchad. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 7: 85–116.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lewis, W. M., 1974. Primary production in the plankton community of a tropical lake. Ecol. Monogr. 44: 377–379.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lima, W. C., Tundisi, J. G. & Marins, M. A., 1979. A systemic approach to the sensitivity of Melosira italica (Ehr) Kutz. Revta bras. Biol. 39: 559–563.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mackereth, F. J. H., Heron, J. & Talling, J. F., 1978. Water analysis: some revised methods for limnologists. Sci. Publ. Freswat. biol. Ass. U. K. 36, 120 pp.

  • Marlier, G., 1967. Ecological studies of some lakes of the Amazon Valley. Amazoniana 1: 91–115.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morais, E. M., 1978. Ciclo sazonal, distribuição horizontal e vertical e interrelações ecológicas de nutrientes na Reprêsa do Lobo (Brotas, Itirapina, SP). Ms.C. Thesis, Univ. São Paulo, Bras., 153 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morris, I., 1980. The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 625 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohmori, N., 1978. Nitrite excretion by a blue green algae Oscillatoria rubescens. D.C. Arch. Hydrobiol. 83: 485–493.

    Google Scholar 

  • Okano, W. Y., 1980. Padrão de migração vertical e flutuação sazonal das principais espécies de Copepoda (Crustacea) no Lago D. Helvécio. Parque Florestal do Rio Doce. Ms.C. Thesis, Univ. fed. São Carlos, Bras.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pontes, M. C. F., 1980. Produção primária fitoplâncton e fatores ambientais no Lago D. Helvécio, Parque Florestal do Rio Doce, MG. Univ. fed. São Carlos, Bras., 293 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reynolds, C. J., Tundisi, J. G. & Hino, K., in press. Observations on a metalimnetic Lyngbya population in a stably stratified lake (Lagoa Carioca, Eastern Brasil). Algol. Stud.

  • Ribeiro, J. S. B., 1978. Fatores ecológicas, produção e fitoplancton em cinco lagos da Amazônia Central. Estudo preliminar. Ms.C. Thesis, Univ. fed. São Carlos, Bras., 143 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Roselino, A., 1979. Curvas de luz-fotossíntese, enriquecimento artificial e fatores ecológicos na Reprêsa do Lobo, S. Carlos, SP. Ms.C. Thesis, Univ. fed. São Paulo, Bras., 241 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmidt, G. W., 1973a. Primary production of phytoplankton in the three types of Amazonian waters. 2. The Limnology of a tropical floodplain lake in Central Amazonia (Lago do Castanho). Amazoniana 4: 138–203.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmidt, G. W., 1973b. Primary production in the three types of Amazonian waters. 3. Primary productivity of phytoplankton in a tropical floodplain lake of Central Amazonia, Lago Castanho, Amazonas, Brasil. Amazoniana 4: 379–404.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schindler, D. W. & Fee, E. J., 1973. Diurnal variation of dissolved inorganic carbon and its use in estimating primary production and CO2 invasion in Lake 227. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can. 30: 1501–1510.

    Google Scholar 

  • Silva, V. P., 1980. Variação diurna de fatores ambientais em 4 lagos da Amazonia Central e na Reprêsa do Broa, São Carlos. Ms.C. Thesis, Univ. fed. São Carlos, Bras., 281 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steeman-Nielsen, E., 1952. The use of radioactive carbon (14C) for measuring organic production in the sea. J. Cons. perm. int. Explor. Mer 18: 117–140.

    Google Scholar 

  • Talling, J. F., 1969. The incidence of vertical mixing and some biological and chemical consequences in tropical African lakes. Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. 17: 998–1012.

    Google Scholar 

  • Talling, J. F., 1970. Generalized and specialized features of phytoplankton as a form of photosynthesis cover. In: Prediction and measurement of photosynthetic productivity. Proc. IBP tech. Meet., Trebon, September, 1969, Wageninger, PUDOC.

    Google Scholar 

  • Talling, J. F., 1975. Primary production of freshwater microphytes. In: Cooper, J. P. (ed.), Photosynthesis and Productivity in Different Environments: 225–247.

  • Tundisi, J. G., 1977. Produção primária ‘standing-stock’. fracionamento do fitoplâncton e fatores ecológicos em ecossistema lacustre artificial (Represa do Broa, S. Carlos). Tese de Livre Docência, Univ. São Paulo, Bras., 410 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tundisi, J. G., 1981. Typology of reservoirs in Southern Brasil. Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. 21: 1031–1039.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tundisi, J. G., in press. Shallow waters in South America: present knowledge and perspectives for future research and management. In: SCOPE/UNEP (ed.), Dynamics of Continental Wetlands and Shallow Water Bodies.

  • Tundisi, J. G., Tundisi, T. M., Rocha, O., Gentil, J. G. & Nakamoto, N., 1977. Primary production, standing-stock of phytoplankton and ecological factors in a shallow tropical reservoir. (Represa do Broa, S. Carlos, Brasil). Sem. Medio Ambiente y Represas, Montevideo 1: 138–172.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tundisi, J. G. & Matsumura Tundisi, T., 1981. Estudos limnológicos no Sistema de Lagos do Médio Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Anais II Semin. res. Ecol.: 133–258.

  • Tundisi, J. G., Matsumura Tundisi, T., Pontes, M. C. F. & Gentil, J. G., 1981. Limnological studies at quaternary lakes in Eastern Brasil. 1. Primary production of phytoplankton and ecological factors at Lake D. Helvecio. Rev. Bras. Bot. 4: 5–14.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vollenweider, R. A., 1974. A manual on methods for measuring primary production in aquatic environments. 2nd ed. IBP Handbook 12, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Limnology, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil

    José G. Tundisi

Authors
  1. José G. Tundisi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Tundisi, J.G. A review of basic ecological processes interacting with production and standing-stock of phytoplankton in lakes and reservoirs in Brazil. Hydrobiologia 100, 223–243 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027431

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027431

Keywords

Search

Navigation