Distribution of Harmful Algal Growth-Limiting Bacteria on Artificially Introduced Ulva and Natural Macroalgal Beds
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL(2020)
Abstract
The intensity and frequency of harmful algal blooms (HABs) have increased, posing a threat to human seafood resources due to massive kills of cultured fish and toxin contamination of bivalves. In recent years, bacteria that inhibit the growth of HAB species were found to be densely populated on the biofilms of some macroalgal species, indicating the possible biological control of HABs by the artificial introduction of macroalgal beds. In this study, an artificially createdUlva pertusabed using mobile floating cages and a natural macroalgal bed were studied to elucidate the distribution of algal growth-limiting bacteria (GLB). The density of GLB affecting fish-killing raphidophyteChattonella antiqua, and two harmful dinoflagellates, were detected between 10(6)and 10(7)CFU g(-1)wet weight on the biofilm of artificially introducedU. pertusaand 10 to 10(2)CFU mL(-1)from adjacent seawater; however, GLB found from natural macroalgal species targeted all tested HAB species (five species), ranging between 10(5)and 10(6)CFU g(-1)wet weight in density. These findings provide new ecological insights of GLB at macroalgal beds, and concurrently demonstrate the possible biological control of HABs by artificially introducedUlvabeds.
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Key words
harmful algal bloom,mitigation,macroalgal bed,growth-limiting bacteria
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