In Lake Shinji, Japan, periodic outbreaks of musty odour have occurred since mid-May 2007. Although the substance responsible for the odour was identified as geosmin, the odour-producing organism was unknown. We cultivated an axenic unialgal strain and determined that a species of Coelosphaerium (Synechococcales) was responsible for the production of geosmin in Lake Shinji. Our analysis was conducted using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to determine the odorous compound. To determine the algae species, it was observed by optical microscopy to describe its morphological characteristics and the polymerase chain reaction was used to characterise the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene and the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer region. In addition, we explored the relationship between the number of cells of the Coelosphaerium sp. and the concentration of geosmin. In conclusion, geosmin, the cause of the musty odour in Lake Shinji in autumn 2009, was produced by Coelosphaerium sp., and to our knowledge, this is the first report of a geosmin-producing species in the family Coelosphaeriaceae.
Deposition of atmospheric nutrients is known to alter oligotrophic ecosystems such as the open ocean, but the role of such nutrients in the further deterioration of eutrophic aquatic ecosystems is largely unknown. The Hii River watershed in Japan encompasses lagoons that have been eutrophic since 1980s. This study examined the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Hii River watershed and the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the Hii River over an 11-yr period. Total nitrogen (TN) concentrations of both precipitation and river water were significantly higher in cold months (November-March) than in warm months (April-October). Most of the TN was nitrate, which suggests that the TN source was atmospheric nitrogen from East Asia transported by seasonal winds. In contrast, total phosphorus (TP) concentrations of both precipitation and river water were significantly higher in warm months. Over time, the TN concentration in the river water showed a decreasing trend although the trend was not significant, while the TP concentration increased significantly. This was attributed to an increase in the atmospheric deposition of TP originating from East Asia since 2000. The increase in the deposition of atmospheric phosphorus might also have increased phosphorus leakage from the soils. In this work, the TN : TP ratios for both atmospheric deposition and river water indicate that changes in atmospheric nutrient deposition affect loading rates and N : P ratios. These changes, especially the latter, could have significant ecological effects in eutrophic systems by lowering the N : P ratios, which could induce cyanobacteria blooms.
In situ phosphorus release rates in three contiguous shallow brackish lakes were calculated by considering the amount of water inflow, changes in salinity and phosphorus stock, and loading from phosphorus inflow based on monthly data. The annual amount of sedimental phosphorus relative to that of phosphorus inflow was different for each of the three water bodies: 16% for Lake Shinji, 3% for the Honjo area, and -8% for Lake Nakaumi, as estimated in a 10-year period from January 1993 to December 2002. During the warm season, the quantity of phosphorus released surpassed sedimentation in these three water bodies. The low annual sedimentation ratio in Lake Nakaumi is related to a large seawater backflow resulting in phosphorus removal, in addition to a stable stratified structure promoting phosphorus release from sediment due to oxygen depletion in the lower layer. In Lake Nakaumi, field data shows that if dissolved oxygen at the sediment surface falls below 2.54 mg L -1 , phosphorus release from the sediment begins to be accelerated.
A response in movement of a two-layered water body in Lake Nakaumi to a strong wind, which suddenly rose and continued for 15 h with nearly constant speed and direction, was observed using the current and salinity meters situated at two points in the lake. At the initial stage of water movement, large fluctuations in current velocity in reverse directions were observed in the upper and lower layers, accompanied by mixing between the two layers. At the stationary stage following the initial stage, current velocities in the upper and lower layers were kept constant, as was salinity. It was considered that a slab-type flow, which enhanced mixing between the two layers, occurred at the initial stage in water movement, then changed into a steady circulation flow at the stationary stage with completion of the set up in the two-layered structure.
Water, salt and phosphorus balance of the 19 years was calculated in Lake Shinji, a shallow brackish lake in Japan. Average annual freshwater inflow of 19 years into Lake Shinji was in the range of the 1.25 ~ 2.35 × 10 9 m 3 , the average was 1.77 × 10 9 m 3 . Reverse flow from the Lake Nakaumi located downstream of the Lake Shinji was in the range of 0.32 ~ 0.84 × 10 9 m 3 , the average was 0.49 × 10 9 m 3 , corresponding to 27.7% of the freshwater inflow. Retention time in consideration of the amount of freshwater inflow and reverse flow from the Lake Nakaumi were from 47.5 to 76.2 days, and 59.4 days on average. The percentage of annual deposition of TP to inflow TP was in the range of -23.6 to 69.3%, and 20.9% on average. In addition, there was a positive relationship (r = 0.71) between annual TP inflow and sedimentation rate, settlement amount was small drought year when inflow is low.Phosphorus concentrations peaked by released from the sediment in August-September around becomes a normal value almost in November-December. We calculated the ratio of phosphorus resettle to the sediment for the duration from the peak of the TP stock to become normal value, using water amount of outflow from Lake Shinji, inflow load and TP concentration of Lake Shinji. TP sedimentation rate was in the range of 8.8 to 65.6%, and 45.1% of phosphorus which released in summer was resettled to the bottom of the lake again in average, and it was considered to be involved in the release of the following year.In the process of phosphorus concentration decreases, SRP was greatly reduced, but the fact that changes in the PP was hardly seen. The SRP reduction occur when DO at the sediment surface increased at the same time. It was considered that reduction of phosphorus in the water column that released from sediment when there was anoxic is attributed to the SRP adsorption to the sediment surface where become aerobic. At this time sediment is deficiency state of phosphorus because it is after releasing SRP, it was believed to adsorb SRP easily.
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