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      Monitoring studies should consider temporal variability to reveal relations between cyanobacterial abundance and environmental variables

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          One of the main goals of monitoring cyanobacteria blooms in aquatic environments is to reveal the relationship between cyanobacterial abundance and environmental variables. Studies typically correlate data that were simultaneously sampled. However, samplings occur sparsely over time and may not reveal the short-term responses of cyanobacterial abundance to environmental changes. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that stronger cyanobacteria x environment relationships in monitoring are found when the temporal variability of sampling points is incorporated in the statistical analyses. To this end, we investigated relationships between cyanobacteria and seven environmental variables that were sampled twice yearly for three years across 11 reservoirs, and data from an intensive monitoring in one of these reservoirs. Poor correlations were obtained when correlating data simultaneously sampled. In fact, the 'highly recurrent' role of phosphorus in cyanobacteria blooms is not properly observed in all sampling periods. On the other hand, the strongest correlation values for the total phosphorus x cyanobacteria relationship were observed when we used the variation of sampling points. We have also shown that environment variables better explain cyanobacteria when a time lag is considered. We conclude that, in cyanobacteria monitoring, the best approach to reveal determinants of cyanobacteria blooms is to consider environmental variability.

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          Um dos principais objetivos de monitorar as florações de cianobactérias em ambientes aquáticos é revelar a relação entre a abundância de cianobactérias e as variáveis ​​ambientais. Esses estudos tipicamente correlacionam dados coletados simultaneamente. No entanto, as amostragens ocorrem esparsamente ao longo do tempo e não são capazes de revelar respostas de curto prazo na abundância de cianobactérias frente às mudanças ambientais. Neste estudo, testamos a hipótese de que relações mais fortes entre cianobactérias e variáveis ambientais no monitoramento de cianobactérias são encontradas quando a variabilidade temporal dos pontos de amostragem é incorporada nas análises estatísticas. Para isso, nós investigamos as relações entre cianobactérias e sete variáveis ​​ambientais que foram amostradas duas vezes por ano, durante três anos, em 11 reservatórios, e dados de um monitoramento intensivo em um desses reservatórios. Relações fracas foram encontradas correlacionando dados coletados simultaneamente. De fato, o papel "altamente recorrente" do fósforo nas florações de cianobactérias não foi devidamente observado em todos os períodos de amostragem. Por outro lado, coeficientes de correlação mais fortes entre fósforo total e cianobactérias foram observados quando usamos a variabilidade dos pontos de amostragem. Nós também mostramos que as variáveis ambientais explicam melhor a densidade de cianobactérias quando um atraso é considerado. Nós concluímos que, no monitoramento de cianobactérias, a melhor abordagem para revelar os determinantes das florações de cianobactérias é considerar a variabilidade ambiental.

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          Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms.

          Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest known oxygen-evolving photosynthetic microorganisms, and they have had major impacts on shaping our current atmosphere and biosphere. Their long evolutionary history has enabled cyanobacteria to develop survival strategies and persist as important primary producers during numerous geochemical and climatic changes that have taken place on Earth during the past 3.5 billion years. Today, some cyanobacterial species form massive surface growths or 'blooms' that produce toxins, cause oxygen depletion and alter food webs, posing a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, fishing and recreational use of surface waters worldwide. These harmful cyanobacteria can take advantage of anthropogenically induced nutrient over-enrichment (eutrophication), and hydrologic modifications (water withdrawal, reservoir construction). Here, we review recent studies revealing that regional and global climatic change may benefit various species of harmful cyanobacteria by increasing their growth rates, dominance, persistence, geographic distributions and activity. Future climatic change scenarios predict rising temperatures, enhanced vertical stratification of aquatic ecosystems, and alterations in seasonal and interannual weather patterns (including droughts, storms, floods); these changes all favour harmful cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic waters. Therefore, current mitigation and water management strategies, which are largely based on nutrient input and hydrologic controls, must also accommodate the environmental effects of global warming. © 2009 Society for Applied Microbiology and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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                aabc
                Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
                An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
                Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Rio de Janeiro )
                1678-2690
                September 2015
                : 87
                : 3
                : 1717-1726
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                [1 ] Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil
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                S0001-37652015000401717
                10.1590/0001-3765201520140416
                1dc05fee-cdc5-4211-9504-67a33c0f1e66

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

                Harmful algae,variação temporal,reservoir,management,limnological variables,temporal variation,Neotropics,algas nocivas,reservatório,gestão,variáveis limnológicas,Neotropical

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