Long-term and seasonal nitrate trends illustrate potential prevention of large cyanobacterial biomass by sediment oxidation in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario
Long-term and seasonal nitrate trends illustrate potential prevention of large cyanobacterial biomass by sediment oxidation in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario
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- dc.contributor.author
- Molot, Lewis A.
- Depew, David C.
- Zastepa, Arthur
- Arhonditsis, George B.
- Watson, Susan B.
- Verschoor, Mark J.
- dc.date.accepted
- 2022-05-17
- dc.date.accessioned
- 2024-05-10T13:56:32Z
- dc.date.available
- 2024-05-10T13:56:32Z
- dc.date.issued
- 2022-08
- dc.date.submitted
- 2022-02-22
- dc.description.abstract - en
- Several studies have shown that large, experimental additions of nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub>) to eutrophic systems can mitigate large populations of nuisance cyanobacteria and that high NO<sub>3</sub>concentrations can oxidize anoxic sediments. These studies are consistent with observations from numerous aquatic systems across a broad trophic range showing development of reduced surficial sediments precedes the formation of large cyanobacteria populations. We use 50+ years of data to explore whether high NO<sub>3</sub>concentrations may have been instrumental both in the absence of large populations of cyanobacteria in eutrophic Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario in the 1970s when total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations were high, and in delaying large populations until August and September in recent decades despite much lower TP and TN. Our results indicate that large cyanobacteria population events do not occur at the central station in July-September when epilimnetic NO<sub>3</sub>> 2.2 mg N L<sup>−1</sup>. The results further suggest that remedial improvements to wastewater treatment plant oxidation capacity may have been inadvertently responsible for high NO<sub>3</sub>concentrations > 2.2 mg N L<sup>−1</sup> and thus for mitigating large cyanobacteria populations. This also implies that large cyanobacteria populations may form earlier in the summer if NO<sub>3</sub>concentrations are lowered.
- dc.identifier.issn
- 2773-0719
- 0380-1330
- dc.identifier.uri
- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2485
- dc.language.iso
- en
- dc.publisher
- Elsevier
- dc.relation.isreplacedby
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.05.014
- dc.rights - en
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights - fr
- Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
- Green
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
- Vert
- dc.rights.uri - en
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- dc.rights.uri - fr
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.fr
- dc.subject - en
- Nature and environment
- Science and technology
- dc.subject - fr
- Nature et environnement
- Sciences et technologie
- dc.subject.en - en
- Nature and environment
- Science and technology
- dc.subject.fr - fr
- Nature et environnement
- Sciences et technologie
- dc.title - en
- Long-term and seasonal nitrate trends illustrate potential prevention of large cyanobacterial biomass by sediment oxidation in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario
- dc.type - en
- Accepted manuscript
- dc.type - fr
- Manuscrit accepté
- local.article.journalissue
- 4
- local.article.journaltitle
- Journal of Great Lakes Research
- local.article.journalvolume
- 48
- local.pagination
- 56 pages
- local.peerreview - en
- Yes
- local.peerreview - fr
- Oui
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