Applicability of Planktonic Biomanipulation for Managing Eutrophication in the Subtropics

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Article

Publication Date

1990

Keywords

Florida, Gizzard shad, predation, subtropical, trophic-level Interactions, zooplankton

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02530338

Abstract

Although large-bodied cladocerans such as Daphnia can reduce algal biomass significantly in temperate lakes if freed from fish predation, the applicability of such biomanipulation techniques for eutrophication management in the subtropics and tropics has been examined only recently. Subtropical cladoceran assemblages differ from those of temperate lakes by their low species richness, early summer gameogenesis, and greatly reduced body size. Eutrophic Florida lakes are dominated by pump-filter feeding fish rather than by size selective planktivores as a temperate lakes. Cladocerans in Florida lakes can increase in abundance significantly if freed from fish but fail to have an impact on algal biomass or composition. The greatest potential for using biomanipulation to manage phytoplankton-dominated lakes in the subtropics and tropics lies with phytophagous fish. Future research should concentrate on defining the role of individual fish taxa on phytoplankton composition and community structure, nutrient cycling, and planktonic productivity before embarking on whole lake manipulation projects.

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Also Published in: Applicability of Planktonic Biomanipulation for Managing Eutrophication in the Subtropics, in R. D. Gulati, E. H. R. R. Lammens, M. L. Meijer, & E. van Donk E (Eds.) Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 61, Springer, 628 p.

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Hydrobiologia, v. 200, issue 1, p. 177-185

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