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Fate of nitrogen fixed by nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in rice and soil during the vegetative growth period of rice
Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (NFC) play an important role in maintaining the N pool of paddy fields, but few studies have been conducted on the N fate of NFC, especially during the vegetative growth period of...
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Effect of substituting nitrogen fertilizer with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria on yield in a double-rice crop** system in southern China
The efficient use of nitrogen fertilizer to increase rice production is essential for food security in China. However, the high-input of chemical nitrogen fertilizer has also resulted in soil N losses and envi...
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Study on the safe disposal and resource utilization of cyanobacterial bloom biomass in Dianchi Lake, China
To solve the problem of utilizing massive harmful algal blooms (HABs) biomass, we developed a technique involving physical purification methods, namely, microfiltration (2 μm, 0.45 μm), ultrafiltration (100 kD...
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Temperature and silicate are significant driving factors for the seasonal shift of dominant diatoms in a drinking water reservoir
The individual or combined effect of water temperature and silicate on seasonal shift of dominant diatom species in a drinking water reservoir in China was studied in this paper. These effects were analyzed ba...
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Sediment phosphorus release in response to flood event across different land covers in a restored wetland
The phosphorus (P) fraction and its release characteristics from sediment in response to flood events across different land covers (i.e., reclaimed land with dominant vegetation of Phragmites australis and/or Typ...
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The relative role of spatial and environmental processes on seasonal variations of phytoplankton beta diversity along different anthropogenic disturbances of subtropical rivers in China
The phytoplankton community structure is potentially influenced by both environmental and spatial processes. In addition, the relative importance of these two processes to phytoplankton assemblage will be affe...
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The influence of desiccation on the recovery process of nitrogenase activity in restored biological soil crusts
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Competition between toxic and nontoxic Microcystis (Cyanophyceae) under different light and temperature conditions
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Application of sodium alginate in induced biological soil crusts: enhancing the sand stabilization in the early stage
Induced biological soil crust (IBSC) technology has proved to be an effective means for speeding up the recovery of biological soil crusts (BSC) in arid and semi-arid regions. This study aims at improving the ...
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Erratum to: Microbial Succession and Nitrogen Cycling in Cultured Biofilms as Affected by the Inorganic Nitrogen Availability
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Harvesting Microalgae with Different Sources of Starch-Based Cationic Flocculants
In this study, starches obtained from wheat, potato, and corn were used to synthesize cationic starches (CS), and the flocculation efficiency of these materials was tested with Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Botryococ...
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Microbial Succession and Nitrogen Cycling in Cultured Biofilms as Affected by the Inorganic Nitrogen Availability
Biofilms play important roles in nutrients and energy cycling in aquatic ecosystems. We hypothesized that as eutrophication could change phytoplankton community and decrease phytoplankton diversity, ambient in...
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Fenced cultivation of water hyacinth for cyanobacterial bloom control
To achieve the goals of harmful cyanobacterial bloom control and nutrient removal, an eco-engineering project with water hyacinth planted in large-scale enclosures was conducted based on meteorological and hyd...
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Photosynthetic characteristics and inferred changes in thylakoid membrane fluidity determine bloom succession between Anabaena and Microcystis in eutrophic lakes
Anabaena and Microcystis are common dominant cyanobacterial genera and frequently form blooms in large shallow eutrophic lakes in China. There is usually a quick succession between these ...
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Enhanced Resistance to UV-B Radiation in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 (Cyanophyceae) by Repeated Exposure
In natural habitats, organisms especially phytoplankton are not always continuously subjected to ultraviolet-B radiation (UVBR). By simulation of the natural situation, the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. P...
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Spatial heterogeneity of cyanobacteria-inoculated sand dunes significantly influences artificial biological soil crusts in the Hopq Desert (China)
Artificial biological soil crusts (ABSCs), formed by inoculating Microcoleus vaginatus Gom. and Scytonema javanicum Born. et Flah. onto the topsoil of desert dunes, proved to be effective tools for the stabilizat...
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The influence of soil and water physicochemical properties on the distribution of Nostoc sphaeroides (Cyanophyceae) in paddy fields and biochemical comparison with indoor cultured biomass
A survey on the distribution of Nostoc sphaeroides, an edible cyanobacterium, growing in mountain paddy fields of Zouma Town in China was carried out in May 2012. The physical and chemical properties of paddy fie...
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Development of artificially induced biological soil crusts in fields and their effects on top soil
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) could improve severe environment ecological conditions by increasing soil moisture, soil nitrogen concentration, and so on. In order to control desertification and recover the des...
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An improved method for determining phytoplankton chlorophyll a concentration without filtration
The common and routine procedure for the quantification of chlorophyll a (chl a) in aquatic studies has a series of steps. Here, we sought to find optimal conditions for phytoplankton cell harvesting, chl a extra...
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Shifting Species Interaction in Soil Microbial Community and Its Influence on Ecosystem Functions Modulating
The supportive and negative evidence for the stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) led to an ongoing debate among ecologists and called for new empirical and theoretical work. In this study, we took various biologi...
