Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime

Tison, D. L.; Wilde, E. W.; Pope, D. H.; Fliermans, C. B.

doi:10.1007/BF02032497

Title: Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime

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Algal mat communities along a temperature gradient in a trough were found to release increased amounts of dissolved organic carbon during beginning and cessation of exposure to hot water. The fluctuating thermal regime, caused by operation of a Savannah River Plant production reactor, exposed the algal communities to 35 to 55/sup 0/C during reactor operation, and 11 to 20/sup 0/C when the reactor was shut down. Blue-green algae were the only phototrophic primary producers growing in water above 45/sup 0/C. These thermophiles were able to survive and apparently adapt to ambient temperatures when the reactor was shut down. The algal mat exposed to < 45/sup 0/C was composed of blue-green and eucaryotic algae which adapted rapidly to ambient temperatures.

Authors:: Tison, D. L.; Wilde, E. W.; Pope, D. H.; Fliermans, C. B.

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

Research Org.:: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States); Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.

OSTI Identifier:: 5219991

Report Number(s):: DP-MS-80-37; CONF-801032-1
Journal ID: ISSN 0095--3628

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-76SR00001

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 2; Conference: Stream ecology symposium, Augusta, GA, USA, 19 Oct 1980

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ALGAE; PRODUCTIVITY; TAXONOMY; THERMAL EFFLUENTS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; WATER COOLED REACTORS; BIOLOGY; DATA; INFORMATION; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PLANTS; REACTORS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; 560203* - Thermal Effects- Plants- (-1987)

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                    Tison, D. L., Wilde, E. W., Pope, D. H., and Fliermans, C. B. Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime.  United States: N. p., 1980. 
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                    Tison, D. L., Wilde, E. W., Pope, D. H., & Fliermans, C. B. Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032497

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                    Tison, D. L., Wilde, E. W., Pope, D. H., and Fliermans, C. B. 1980.  
        "Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032497.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5219991.

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  title        = {Productivity and species composition of algal mat communities exposed to a fluctuating thermal regime},

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  abstractNote = {Algal mat communities along a temperature gradient in a trough were found to release increased amounts of dissolved organic carbon during beginning and cessation of exposure to hot water. The fluctuating thermal regime, caused by operation of a Savannah River Plant production reactor, exposed the algal communities to 35 to 55/sup 0/C during reactor operation, and 11 to 20/sup 0/C when the reactor was shut down. Blue-green algae were the only phototrophic primary producers growing in water above 45/sup 0/C. These thermophiles were able to survive and apparently adapt to ambient temperatures when the reactor was shut down. The algal mat exposed to < 45/sup 0/C was composed of blue-green and eucaryotic algae which adapted rapidly to ambient temperatures.},

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