- Title
- Succession of microbial community in a small water body within the alluvial aquifer of a large river
- Creator
- Kulaš, Antonija; Marković, Tamara; Žutinić, Petar; Kajan, Katarina; Karlović, Igor; Orlić, Sandi; Keskin, Emre; Filipović, Vilim; Gligora Udovič, Marija
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/190851
- Identifier
- vital:17701
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/w13020115
- Identifier
- ISSN:2073-4441
- Abstract
- Nitrogen is one of the essential elements limiting growth in aquatic environments. Being primarily of anthropogenic origin, it exerts negative impacts on freshwater ecosystems. The present study was carried out at the nitrate-vulnerable zone within the alluvial aquifer of the large lowland Drava River. The main aim was to investigate the ecosystem’s functionality by characterizing the bacterial and phytoplankton diversity of a small inactive gravel pit by using interdisciplinary approaches. The phytoplankton community was investigated via traditional microscopy analyses and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, while the bacterial community was investigated by a molecular approach (eDNA). Variations in the algal and bacterial community structure indicated a strong correlation with nitrogen compounds. Summer samples were characterized by a high abundance of bloom-forming Cyanobacteria. Following the cyanobacterial breakdown in the colder winter period, Bacillariophyceae and Actinobacteriota became dominant groups. Changes in microbial composition indicated a strong correlation between N forms and algal and bacterial communities. According to the nitrogen dynamics in the alluvial aquifer, we emphasize the importance of small water bodies as potential buffer zones to anthropogenic nitrogen pressures and sentinels of the disturbances displayed as algal blooms within larger freshwater systems. Special Issue Microbial Communities in Water Environments: Dynamics and Interaction)
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Relation
- Water Vol. 13, no. 2 (2021), p. 115
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Algae; Algal blooms; Alluvial aquifer; Alluvial aquifers; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic environment; Aquifers; Bacteria; bacterial community; Buffer zones; Community structure; Correlation; Cyanobacteria; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Environmental changes; Environmental impact; Eutrophication; Freshwater; Freshwater ecosystems; Gravel; Gravel pits; Human influences; Inland water environment; Large river; Microorganisms; Microscopy; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Nitrogen compounds; Phytoplankton; Plankton blooms; Rivers; Small water body; Vulnerability; Water bodies; 3707 Hydrology
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