Anthropogenic eutrophication conditioned frequent and more pronounced blooms of toxic algae and cyanobacteria in the fresh and saline aquatic ecosystems all world around. However, blooming species could serve as a possible resource instead of a threat by exploiting them to remediate nutrients. The optimised use of algae and cyanobacteria may provide the environmental service together with economic benefit that could be obtained from their biomass. The aim of this study was to identify microalgae species from Curonian Lagoon that could be prospective candidates for cultivation in Lithuania, and statistically determine how the accumulation of their biomass correlated with the changes in environmental conditions, using five years monitoring data. Five species, frequently acquiring a much larger biomass (up to 70 mg/ L) over other species, were identified: Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Planktothrix agardhii, Actinocyclus normanii f. subsalsus, Diatoma tenuis and Stephanodiscus rotula. The optimal cultivation conditions were proposed based on results of the analysis and the potential their biomass applications are discussed.
Anne, O., Bugajev, D., & Koreiviene, J. (2015). DeterminingOptimalGrowth Conditions for theHighest BiomassMicroalgae Species inLithuanian Part of theCuronianLagoon for furtherCultivation. International Journal of Environmental Research, 9(1), 233-246. doi: 10.22059/ijer.2015.893
MLA
O. Anne; D. Bugajev; J. Koreiviene. "DeterminingOptimalGrowth Conditions for theHighest BiomassMicroalgae Species inLithuanian Part of theCuronianLagoon for furtherCultivation", International Journal of Environmental Research, 9, 1, 2015, 233-246. doi: 10.22059/ijer.2015.893
HARVARD
Anne, O., Bugajev, D., Koreiviene, J. (2015). 'DeterminingOptimalGrowth Conditions for theHighest BiomassMicroalgae Species inLithuanian Part of theCuronianLagoon for furtherCultivation', International Journal of Environmental Research, 9(1), pp. 233-246. doi: 10.22059/ijer.2015.893
VANCOUVER
Anne, O., Bugajev, D., Koreiviene, J. DeterminingOptimalGrowth Conditions for theHighest BiomassMicroalgae Species inLithuanian Part of theCuronianLagoon for furtherCultivation. International Journal of Environmental Research, 2015; 9(1): 233-246. doi: 10.22059/ijer.2015.893