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Nutrient concentrations and other environmental factors were measured in the Daechung Reservoir for 25 weeks from spring until autumn in 1999. The high irradiance after heavy rainfall provided optimal meteorological conditions for bloom formation during summer, therefore, rain would also appear to forecast imminent bloom. The bloom formation was largely governed by cyanobacteria, in particular, Microcystis spp. and Anabaenaspp. Phycocyanin showed higher correlation with cyanobacteria (r = 0.744, P < 0.001) compared to chlorophyll-a(r = 0.599, P < 0.01). Therefore, phycocyanin was more accurate and useful than chlorophyll-a in quantitatively measuring cyanobacterial blooms. The atomic N:P ratio of the particulate form also showed a high correlation with cyanobacteria (r = 0.541, P < 0.01), increasing from 4.3 to 14.6 during bloom formation, while that of the dissolved form decreased from 25.5 to 8.7. These results indicated that the algae assimilated N significantly without comparable P uptake during the blooming season, which was in sharp contrast to the excessive storage of P during the spring.
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Ahn, CY., Chung, AS. & Oh, HM. Rainfall, phycocyanin, and N:P ratios related to cyanobacterial blooms in a Korean large reservoir. Hydrobiologia 474, 117–124 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016573225220
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