Effects of Phenolic Pollution on Interspecific Competition between Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella pyrenoidosa and their Photosynthetic Responses

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 20; p. 3947
• Main Authors: Tan, Xiao, Dai, Kaiwen, Parajuli, Keshab, Hang, Xiaoshuai, Duan, Zhipeng, Hu, Yue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.10.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Algae; Aquatic ecosystems; Chlorella - drug effects; Chlorella - physiology; Competition; Experiments; Growth models; Microcystis - drug effects; Microcystis - physiology; Phenols; Phenols - toxicity; Photosynthesis - drug effects; Pollutants; Pollution; Species Specificity; Variance analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; China; interspecific competition; green algae; cyanobacteria; Lotka-Volterra model; phenol; dominance establishment; photosynthetic activity

The demand for phenolic compounds has been increasing rapidly, which has intensified the production and usage of phenol at a commercial scale. In some polluted water bodies, phenol has become one of the typical aromatic contaminants. Such water bodies are inescapably influenced by nutrients from hum...