Phytoplankton assemblage responses to nitrogen following COVID-19 stay-in-place orders in western Long Island Sound (New York/Connecticut)

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This study evaluated water quality, nitrogen (N), and phytoplankton assemblage linkages along the western Long Island Sound (USA) shoreline (Nov. 2020-Dec. 2021) following COVID-19 stay-in-place (SIP) orders through monthly surveys and N-addition bioassays. Ammonia-N (AmN; NH3+NH4+) negatively correlated with total chlorophyll-a (chl-a) at all sites; this was significant at Alley Creek, adjacent to urban wastewater inputs, and at Calf Pasture, by the Norwalk River (Spearman rank correlation, p < 0.01 and 0.02). Diatoms were abundant throughout the study, though dinoflagellates (Heterocapsa, Prorocentrum), euglenoids/cryptophytes, and both nano- and picoplankton biomass increased during summer. In field and experimental assessments, high nitrite + nitrate (N + N) and low AmN increased diatom abundances while AmN was positively linked to cryptophyte concentrations. Likely N + N decreases with presumably minimal changes in AmN and organic N during COVID-19 SIP resulted in phytoplankton assemblage shifts (decreased diatoms, increased euglenoids/cryptophytes), highlighting the ecological impacts of N-form delivered by wastewater to urban estuaries.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:196

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Marine environmental research - 196(2024) vom: 21. März, Seite 106371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brown, Maximillian [VerfasserIn]
Ambrosone, Mariapaola [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Kyle J [VerfasserIn]
Humphries, Georgie E [VerfasserIn]
Tzortziou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Anglès, Sílvia [VerfasserIn]
Panzeca, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Greenfield, Dianne I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Algal blooms
Bioassay
Coronavirus
Diatoms
Ecosystem management
Estuary
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Urbanization
Wastewater

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106371

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NLM367987244