Abstract
Yilong Lake, a shallow, plateau lake, is the ninth largest water body in the Yunnan Province, China. In order to figure out the characteristics of phytoplankton communities in different regions of this lake, the phytoplankton and environmental factors in the west region, east region, and in a submerged macrophytes restoration demonstration region were monthly investigated and analyzed from August 2013 to July 2014. The results showed that the habitats in different regions were spatially heterogeneous. Total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N), five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), transparency (SD), turbidity (Turb.), and electrical conductivity (EC) had no significant differences between the demonstration region and the west region, but these two regions showed significant differences in comparison with the east region (P<0.05). The largest phytoplankton density was Cyanophyta and the dominant species in the three regions were different. Mersmopedia tenuissima had the highest dominance in the west region; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Pseudanabaena limntica were the most dominant taxa in the east region; while Merismopedia tenuissima and Anabaenopsis sp. were dominant in the O. uminata restoration demonstration region. PCoA compared the β diversity of phytoplankton communities in the three different regions based on the entire year investigations. It was found that the community structures of the west region and O. uminata restoration demonstration region were similar (P>0.05), but they were significantly different from the community from the east region (P<0.01). Redundant analysis (RDA) showed that TN, TP, BOD5, and SD were the main environmental factors affecting the distribution of phytoplankton community in Yilong Lake. In addition, NH4+-N, EC, permanganate index, and pH also have a certain effect on the phytoplankton community.
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