Water quality, distribution and primary productivity of phytoplankton in the reservoir of Mae Kuang Udomtara dam Chiang Mai
1997
Yuwadee Peeraporpisal | Theerasak Somdee | Wanchai Sonthichai | Rott, E. (Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Mai (Thailand). Faculty of Science. Dept. of Biology)
Study of water quality, distribution and primary productivity of phytoplankton in the reservoir of Mae Kuang Udomtara Dam, Chiang Mai, were investigated for 18 months during August 1996-January 1998. The water quality in the reservoir classified by standard surface water quality was found to be in the second to the third category and relatively clean for household consumption when properly treated. However, by the trophic levels, the reservoir was mesotrophic to eutrophic. The main problem of water quality in the reservoir was the proliferation of phytoplankton, Microcystis aeruginosa Kutz. which secreted microcystin (hepatotoxin). It was found throughout the investigation in large amount during July 1996-January 1998. The factors effecting the proliferation were the amount of soluble reactive phosphorus and the total phosphorus which showed negative correlation with the volume of water in the reservoir. The vertical changes of the physical, chemical and biological properties of water were more obvious especially the total biovolume and that of M. aeruginosa at the water surface and decreased at the lower levels. Moreover, the total biovolume correlated with the primary productivity and chlorophyll a. One hundred and twenty two species of phytoplankton were found. The greatest number of species was in Chlorophyceae (35 percent) followed by Zygnemaphyceae (20 percent), Diatomophyceae (14 percent), Cyanophyceae (9 percent), Euglenophyceae (9 percent), Cryptophyceae (6 percent), Dinophyceae (5 percent) and Xanthophyceae (2 percent) respectively. The large proportion of phytoplanktons were cosmopolitan, the minority were tropical or warm temperate and tropical species. The dominant species was M. aeruginosa which could be used to indicate the eutrophic water quality.
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