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  • 1
    ISSN: 1520-4804
    Source: ACS Legacy Archives
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 17 (1977), S. 105-107 
    ISSN: 1432-0800
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Medicine
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    Hydrobiologia 215 (1991), S. 83-110 
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: Diaptomus ; Mesocyclops ; Acanthocyclops ; competition ; predation ; grazing ; ontogenetic changes ; priority effects ; Kirchneriella
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract To investigate their potential effects on each other in nature, calanoid (Diaptomus clavipes and D. siciloides) and cyclopoid (Acanthocyclops vernalis and Mesocyclops edax) copepod populations were manipulated in 5 liter aquaria in laboratory experiments of 20–60 days duration. Diaptomus generally had a strongly negative effect on both cyclopoid species. The cyclopoids established populations more successfully when introduced to aquaria before calanoids than they did when calanoids were already present. On the other hand, whether introduced earlier or later than the cyclopoids, Diaptomus populations were unaffected by Acanthocyclops and were strongly depressed by Mesocyclops. Diaptomus effects on the phytoplankton were often strong but varied markedly among experiments. They included reduction of populations of edible algae, such as Chlamydomonas, which are essential for both calanoid and cyclopoid nauplii, and large increases in inedible algae, such as Kirchneriella. Feeding experiments revealed that under conditions of food scarcity Acanthocyclops nauplii survived less well than did Diaptomus nauplii. Competition for edible phytoplankton seemed to be a key factor in the calanoid-cyclopoid interactions, since the survival of herbivorous cyclopoid larvae determined the abundance of the predaceous adults. This indicates that the competitive effects of calanoids on cyclopoids often may exceed the predative effects of cyclopoids on calanoids.
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    Hydrobiologia 267 (1993), S. 307-335 
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: microcosm ; phytoplankton ; zooplankton ; estuarine plankton ; coastal lagoon ; salinity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A microcosm experiment was conducted to assess the effects of salinity on coastal lagoon plankton assemblages. Five salinity levels were replicated four-fold in 3801 fiberglass tanks. Salinity levels used were 0, 8.5, 17, 34 and 51 ppt, or 0, 25, 50, 100 and 150 percent seawater. These were achieved by mixing concentrated lagoon water and tapwater in different proportions. Tanks were inoculated with plankton collected from San Dieguito Lagoon (Del Mar, San Diego County, California) and other fresh and saline waterbodies in the area. Selected physical-chemical variables, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and other invertebrate populations were monitored on five sampling dates over a 114 day period (13 August–5 December 1986). Total phytoplankton abundance increased with salinity, for salinities 〉17 ppt. Most taxa showed marked effects of salinity, though the pattern of the effects often varied greatly from date to date. Chlorophytes tended to be most abundant at 51 ppt. Pyrrhophytes were most abundant at 0 or 51 ppt, and least abundant at 8.5 or 17 ppt. Cryptophytes increased with increasing salinity. Euglenophytes exhibited no salinity effect on any date. Bacillariophytes were most abundant at 8.5–34 ppt and least abundant at 51 ppt, with individual taxa showing maxima at 0–17 ppt (Navicula, Synedra), 8.5–34 ppt (Surirella, Amphora), and 34 ppt (Cylindrotheca). Total zooplankton abundance decreased with salinity, for salinities 〉 17 ppt. The dominant taxa were protozoans, rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods, and all but the first group showed strong salinity effects. Protozoan abundance was unaffected by salinity. Rotifers were most abundant at 0 ppt (Keratella, Filinia) or 8.5 ppt (Brachionus). With few exceptions, cladocerans (Alona, Ceriodaphnia, Scapholeberis) were found only at 0 ppt. Abundance of calanoid copepods decreased with increasing salinity, with individual taxa showing maxima at 0 ppt (Diaptomus), 8.5–17 ppt (Pseudodiaptomus, Eurytemora), and 34 ppt (Acartia). Cyclopoid copepods were most abundant at 17 ppt, with individual taxa showing maxima at 0 ppt (Eucyclops), 8.5 ppt (Halicyclops), and 17 ppt (Oithona). Harpacticoid copepods (Cletocamptus, Tachidius) were most abundant at 17–34 ppt. Ostracods and mosquito (Culex) larvae were most abundant at 8.5 ppt and absent at 34 and 51 ppt. Polychaetes generally were most abundant at 17–34 ppt, and water boatmen (Trichocorixa) at 8.5–34 ppt. Various physical and chemical variables also showed significant variations with salinity. Tending to increase with salinity were temperature, ammonia and orthophosphate concentrations. Decreasing with salinity were pH, dissolved oxygen and silica concentrations. The causes and interrelationships of these salinity effects are discussed.
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    Hydrobiologia 158 (1988), S. 271-299 
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: geocryology ; Andes Mountains ; Little Ice Age ; segregation ice
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Freshwater ice deposits are described from seven, high elevation (4117–4730 m), shallow (mean depth 〈30 cm), saline (10–103 g l-1) lakes in the southwestern corner of Bolivia. The ice deposits range to several hundred meters in length and to 7 m in height above the lake or playa surface. They are located near the lake or salar margins; some are completely surrounded by water, others by playa deposits or salt crusts. Upper surfaces and sides of the ice deposits usually are covered by 20–40 cm of white to light brown, dry sedimentary materials. Calcite is the dominant crystalline mineral in these, and amorphous materials such as diatom frustules and volcanic glass are also often abundant. Beneath the dry overburden the ice occurs primarily as horizontal lenses 1–1000 mm thick, irregularly alternating with strata of frozen sedimentary materials. Ice represents from 10 to 87% of the volume of the deposits and yields freshwater (TFR 〈3 g l-1) when melted. Oxygen isotope ratios for ice are similar to those for regional precipitation and shoreline seeps but much lower than those for the lakewaters. Geothermal flux is high in the region as evidenced by numerous hot springs and deep (3.0–3.5 m) sediment temperatures of 5–10°C. This flux is one cause of the present gradual wasting away of these deposits. Mean annual air temperatures for the different lakes probably are all in the range of -2 to 4°C, and mean midwinter temperatures about 5°C lower. These deposits apparently formed during colder climatic conditions by the freezing of low salinity porewaters and the building up of segregation ice lenses.
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: saline lakes ; microcosms ; Gammarus mucronatus ; Trichocorixa reticulata ; meiofauna ; macrofauna ; ciliates ; nematodes ; Fabrea ; Condylostoma ; Cletocamptus ; Artemia ; Ephydra ; Oreochromis mossambicus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, has a surface elevation 69 m below sea level which is maintained predominantly by the balance of agricultural runoff and evaporation. The lack of outflowing streams is resulting in a gradual buildup of salts in the lake, increasing the salinity. A 15 month microcosm experiment was conducted to determine the effects of salinity and tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) on an assemblage of benthic and planktonic Salton Sea algae and invertebrates. This article reports the responses of the benthic invertebrates. Microcosms (312 l fiberglass tanks) were set up without tilapia at 30, 39, 48, 57, and 65 g · l-1. Additional microcosms were set up with tilapia at 39 and 57 g · l-1. In the absence of fish Gammarus mucronatus dominated the benthos at the lower salinities, and Trichocorixa reticulata and the larvae of Ephydra riparia were most abundant above 48 g · l-1. The most abundant meiofaunal species included the harpacticoid copepod. Cletocamptus deitersi, three nematodes, the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, ciliates, including Condylosoma sp. and Fabrea salina, two foraminiferans including Quinqueloculina sp., and a large flagellate. Most meiofaunal species responding to salinity were most abundant at 65 g · l-1, especialy after 6 months when Gammarus dominated the lower salinities. The tilapia reduced the abundance of macrofaunal species, especially at 39 g · l-1, and generally increased the abundance of meiofaunal species and ciliates. The microcosm benthic macro- and meiofaunal communities were most likely structured by Gammarus, salinity and tilapia. Gammarus reduced the other species by predation and changing the detritus from an algal base to a fecal pellet base. Gammarus was itself reduced by tilapia and by reduced reproductive success above 39 g · l-1. More species were therefore able to compete at higher salinities and in the presence of tilapia. Tilapia also affected the benthos by depositing loosely packaged fecal material which may support more meiofaunal species than either the robust Gammarus fecal pellets that were abundant at 39 g · l-1 or the algae-fecal pellet mix at 57 g · l-1.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: Microcosms ; Salton Sea ; saline lakes ; microcosms ; salinity ; ionic composition ; oxygen ; pH ; nutrients ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; silicon ; fish ; grazing ; Oreochromis mossambicus ; Gammarus mucronatus ; Artemia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A 15 month long experiment was undertaken to document responses of the Salton Sea biota to experimentally manipulated salinity levels (30, 39, 48, 57, and 65 g l-1) in 312-liter fiberglass tanks maintained outdoors. At two salinities (39 and 57 g l-1) microcosms were set up each having one small tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) in order to assess its influence on the system. To 28 tanks filled with Salton Sea water diluted to 30 g l-1, different salts (NaCl, Na2SO_4, MgSO4 · 7H2O, KCl) were added in constant proportions to produce the desired salinity levels. Salton Sea shoreline sediment was added to the bottom of each tank, and inocula of algae and invertebrates were added on several occasions. Invertebrate populations, phytoplankton, periphyton, and water chemistry were monitored at regular intervals. This article present the results concerning water chemistry and nutrient cycling. There was no apparent increase in salinity over time, though ∼ 1190 l of tapwater with a salinity of ∼ 0.65 g l-1 were added to each tank during the experiment. Ionic composition varied both among treatments and over time to some degree. Ca2 concentrations were the same at all salinities, while K1 concentrations were 〉3 times greater at the highest salinity than at the lowest. pH showed little consistent variation among salinities until the last few months when it was higher by ∼ 0.4 units at the two higher salinities than at the lower ones; it was unaffected by fish. Absolute oxygen concentrations were negatively correlated with salinity, and occasionally depressed by the presence of fish. PO3-4, dissolved organic phosphorus, and particulate phosphorus concentrations were often reduced by 30–80% at 65 g l-1 relative to lower salinities and by the presence of fish. Early in the experiment NO2-3 concentrations were 〉2 times higher at 57 and 65 g l-1 than at lower salinities, but otherwise effects of salinity on dissolved forms of nitrogen were not marked; particulate nitrogen was much lower at 65 g l-1 than at other salinities and also was reduced by up to 90% by the presence of fish. Silica concentrations increased over time at all salinities, but, relative to those at lower salinities, were reduced by 60–90% at 65 g l-1 by abundant periphytic diatoms. The TN:TP ratio (molar basis) was 24–30 initially and 35–110 at the end of the experiment; it was positively correlated with salinity and the presence of fish. Mechanisms accounting for the above patterns involve principally the biological activities of phytoplankton and periphyton, as modified by grazing by Artemia franciscana and Gammarus mucronatus, and the feeding and metabolic activities of the tilapia. The large reduction in water column TN and TP levels brought about by the fast-growing, phyto- and zooplanktivorous tilapia suggest that amelioration of the Salton Sea's hypereutrophic state might be assisted by a large scale, sustained yield fish harvesting operation.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: Saline lakes ; microcosms ; Brody-Bertalanffy ; salinity tolerance
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, has a salinity of around 43 g l-1 that is increasing by about 0.4 g l-1 y-1. A 15 month microcosm experiment was conducted to determined the effects of salinity (30, 39, 48, 57, and 65 g l-1) and tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) on an assemblage of benthic and planktonic Salton Sea algae and invertebrates, including the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Eleven months after the microcosms were established, acrylic plates containing newly settled B. amphitrite collected at the Salton Sea were placed in the microcosms to determine the effects of salinity on their growth and shell strength. The Brody-Bertalanffy growth model was fitted to the B. amphitrite growth data. Growth was fastest at 48 g l-1 and slowest at 65 g l-1. B. amphitrite grown at 39–48 g l-1 were the largest and required the greatest force to break, but the strength of the barnacle shell material declined steadily as the salinity increased. However, B. amphitrite at the higher salinities were shorter and had thicker walls relative to their diameters, which may have increased their structural stability. The effects of salinity on the mortality of adult B. amphitrite was determined in laboratory aquaria set up at 43, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, and 100 g l-1. Salinities were achieved in two ways: by salt addition and by evaporation. Calculated 12-day LC50 values were 83 g l-1 when salinities were achieved through salt addition and 89 g l-1 when salinities were achieved through evaporation. Differences in B. amphitrite mortality between the two methods illustrate the importance of producing experimental salinity levels carefully. B. amphitrite is expected to become extinct within the Salton Sea when the salinity reaches 70–80 g l-1 and to show marked declines in abundance at salinities as low as 50 g l-1.
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: saline lakes ; microcosms ; Oreochromis mossambicus ; Gammarus mucronatus ; Artemia franciscana ; Trichocorixa reticulata ; Apocyclops dengizicus ; Cletocamptus dietersi ; Brachionus plicatilis ; Balanus amphitrite ; Fabrea salina ; Condylostoma ; Strombidium ; Euplotes ; Halteria ; Pelatractus ; Askenasia ; Cyclidium ; nematodes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The Salton Sea is the largest inland lake in California. Currently (1997) the salinity of the lake is about 44 g l-1 and is increasing gradually as a result of continued agricultural wastewater inflows, high evaporation rates, and lack of an outlet. A microcosm experiment was carried out to determine the effects of salinity (30, 39, 48, 57, and 65 g l-1) on Salton Sea algae and invertebrates in outdoor aquatic microcosms. The experiment was also designed to assess the effects of tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) on this community at two of these salinities (39 and 57 g l-1). Fiberglass tanks containing Salton Sea water were adjusted to the appropriate salinity by the addition of salts, identically inoculated with organisms from the Salton Sea and other saline water bodies in the region, and monitored for 15 months. Planktonic and nektonic invertebrates were sampled monthly at night from the upper part of the water column. The dominant invertebrates present were Gammarus mucronatus, Artemia franciscana, Trichocorixa reticulata, and an assemblage of ciliate protozoans. Gammarus decreased and Trichocorixa increased with increasing salinity. Artemia was present only at the two highest salinities. Rotifers, harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods, barnacle larvae, and protozoans all showed marked and varied responses. During the latter half of the experiment, the invertebrate assemblage was dominated by Gammarus at 30 and 39 g l-1, by protozoans at 48 g l-1, and by protozoans and Trichocorixa at 57 and 65 g l-1. The presence of tilapia caused a 99 percent reduction in Gammarus at 39 g l-1 and a 70–90 percent decrease in Trichocorixa at 57 g l-1. These were accompanied by substantial increases in rotifers, copepods, and certain protozoans, and decreases in other protozoans. As the salinity of the Salton Sea continues to increase, large changes in the invertebrate populations are expected. This study suggests that the principal change would be an increase in Trichocorixa densities, the loss of Gammarus, and the appearance of Artemia at about 60–70 g l-1, when both fish and invertebrate predators are likely to be scarce or absent. Protozooplankton abundance is likely to increase when tilapia declines and later decrease when and if large Artemia populations develop.
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    Hydrobiologia 83 (1981), S. 125-151 
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: phytoplankton ; zooplankton ; predation ; fish ; Gambusia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract An investigation of the effects of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) predation was conducted in 12 experimental ponds in southern California over a period of 10 months.Gambusia essentially eliminatedDaphnia pulex andCeriodaphnia sp. populations, reducedDiaptomus pallidus andKeratella quadrata populations, had little impact onCyclops vernalis, and caused large increases inK. cochlearis, Polyarthra sp.,Synchaeta sp., andTrichocerca spp. populations and in total phytoplankton.Gambusia caused a decrease in the PIE (probability of interspecific encounter) of the planktonic crustaceans and an increase in the PIE of the planktonic rotifers. Hemiptera, such as neustonicMicrovelia sp. and nektonicBuenoa sp. andNotonecta sp., andHyla regilla tadpoles were absent from fish ponds but sometimes abundant in control ponds.Gambusia caused higher pH and oxygen levels, presumably via its effect on the phytoplankton. The impact ofGambusia on the pond ecosystems was less in winter, when fish numbers and feeding rates were low, than in summer. Results of other fish-plankton studies are summarized in tabular form. A model is proposed to account for variation in the calanoid/cyclopoid ratio; evidence is summarized suggesting that in general calanoids are more susceptible to predation by predaceous zooplankters while cyclopoids are more susceptible to fish predation. Some parallels are drawn between the effects ofGambusia predation and those of insecticide treatments.
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