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Main Title Environmental Control of Nitrogen Fixation in Lakes: I. In situ Nitrogen Fixation by Free Living Blue-Green Algae. II. Nitrogen Fixation by the Duck-Weed-Algal Association.
Author Tiedje, J. M. ; Cichowski., Mark ;
CORP Author Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Inst. of Water Research.
Year Published 1974
Report Number DI-14-31-0001-3222; OWRR-A-046-MICH; W74-07716 ; OWRR-A-046-MICH(1)
Stock Number PB-232 085
Additional Subjects Nitrogen fixation ; Cyanophyta ; Aquatic weeds ; Wintergreen Lake ; Algae ; Plant growth ; Michigan ; Lakes ; Limnology ; Acetylene ; Nitrogen cycle ; Biochemical cycles ; Eutrophication ; Algal blooms ; Aphanizomenon ; Anabaena ; Lemna ; Spirodela ; Nostoc ; Gloeotrichia
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Abstract
In situ acetylene reduction studies in hypereutrophic Wintergreen Lake showed that nitrogen fixation occurred from early July until mid-August and was correlated with the presence of heterocyst-bearing blue-green algae. Aphanizomenon was the dominant nitrogen fixing organism in 1970 while Anabaena was dominant in 1971; the Anabaena bloom resulted in 10 times more fixation than the Aphanizomenon bloom. Significant acetylene reduction was limited to the euphotic zone (0-3 m). The duckweeds Lemna and Spirodela were found to have a commensalistic relationship with blue-green algae that resulted in significant nitrogen fixation. Acetylene reduction by this association was widespread as it occurred in 27 of 30 sample sites over three years (1971-1973). The quantitites of nitrogen fixed could represent major sources of nitrogen particularly for shallow and/or intermittent bodies of water.