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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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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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Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Otolith Growth of Larval Zebrafish using a Rotating-Wall Vessel: Appropriate Rotation Speed and Fish Developmental Stage
Stimulus dependence is a general feature of develo** animal sensory systems. In this respect, it has extensively been shown earlier that fish inner ear otoliths can act as test masses as their growth is stro...
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Differentiation of the characteristics of excreted extracellular polysaccharides reveals the heterogeneous primary succession of induced biological soil crusts
In this study, the chemical composition and the macromolecular features of the extracellular polysaccharidic (EPS) matrix of induced biological soil crusts (IBSCs) of different age, collected in the hyper-arid...
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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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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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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...
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Effects of Wall Vessel Rotation on the Growth of Larval Zebrafish Inner Ear Otoliths
Stimulus dependence is a general feature of develo** sensory systems. It has been shown earlier that the growth of otoliths of late-stage Cichlid fish (Oreochromis mossambicus) and Zebrafish (Danio rerio) was s...
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Erratum to: Biosorption of Copper by Cyanobacterial Bloom-Derived Biomass Harvested from the Eutrophic Lake Dianchi in China
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Biosorption of Copper by Cyanobacterial Bloom-Derived Biomass Harvested from the Eutrophic Lake Dianchi in China
Biomass of cyanobacterial bloom from Lake Dianchi was used as a biosorbent for copper removal from aqueous solution. The maximum capacity was found at conditions of pH 4, initial concentration of copper was 10...
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Non-rainfall water sources in the topsoil and their changes during formation of man-made algal crusts at the eastern edge of Qubqi Desert, Inner Mongolia
In arid and semiarid areas, water uptake (non-rainfall water) serves as an important water source for plants, biological soil crusts, insects and small animals. In this study, a measurement program was underta...
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The permeability effect of microcystin-RR on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis
Microcystins are a kind of cyclic hepatoxins produced by many species of cyanobacteria. Most previous work have been done on the toxic effects of microcystins on animals and plants. However, the reports about ...
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Effects of an Algicidal Bacterium Pseudomonas mendocina on the Growth and Antioxidant System of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Evident effect of an algicidal bacterium Pseudomonas mendocina on the growth and antioxidant system of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae was detected in this experiment. Seven parameters including the chlorophyll a conten...
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Cytochemical changes in the developmental process of Nostoc sphaeroides (cyanobacterium)
There are several apparent developmental stages in the life cycle of Nostoc sphaeroides Kützing, an edible cyanobacterium found mainly in paddy fields in central China. The cytochemical changes in developmental s...
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Morphological characteristics and phylogenetic relationship of Anabaena species from Lakes Dianchi and Erhai, China
Although Anabaena is one of the most prevalent planktonic freshwater genus in China, there are few taxonomic reports of Anabaena strains by morphology and genetics. In this study, morphological characteristics an...
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Mobility of Different Phosphorus Pools in the Sediment of Lake Dianchi during Cyanobacterial Blooms
By the method of P fractionation, we examined sedimentary P fractions in Lake Dianchi before and during cyanobacterial blooms, namely in April 2004 and August 2004, respectively. In this study, the whole lake ...
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Effects of sand burial on biomass, chlorophyll fluorescence and extracellular polysaccharides of man-made cyanobacterial crusts under experimental conditions
Soil cyanobacterial crusts occur throughout the world, especially in the semiarid and arid regions. It always encounters sand burial, which is an important feature of mobile sand dunes. A greenhouse study was ...
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The Comparison of Phosphorus Pools from the Sediment in Two Bays of Lake Dianchi for Cyanobacterial Bloom Assessment
The different pools in the sediment from two bays with different scales of cyanobacterial bloom were studied to assess the trophic status. With large scale of cyanobacterial bloom in Haigeng bay the concentrat...
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The algae-lytic ability of bacterium DC10 and the influence of environmental factors on the ability
A lysing-bacterium DC10, isolated from Dianchi Lake of Yunnan Province, was characterized to bePseudomonas sp. It was able to lyse some algae well, such asMicrocystis viridis, Selenastrum capricornutum, and so on...
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The vertical microdistribution of cyanobacteria and green algae within desert crusts and the development of the algal crusts
Substantial amounts of algal crusts were collected from five different desert experimental sites aged 42, 34, 17, 8 and 4 years, respectively, at Shapotou (China) and analyzed at a 0.1 mm microscale of depth. ...