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Effects of the filter-feeding benthic bivalve corbicula fluminea on plankton community and water quality in aquatic ecosystems: A mesocosm study

Lijuan RenLijuan RenYali TangYali TangZhengwen LiuXiufeng ZhangXiufeng ZhangLuigi Naselli-floresLuigi Naselli-floresWilliam D. TaylorVladimir I. RazlutskijYuqin RongYuqin Rong

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0106 biological scienceschlorophyll <i>a</i>Chlorophyll aGeography Planning and DevelopmentCladoceransAquatic ecosystem<i>Corbicula fluminea</i>010501 environmental sciencesAquatic Science01 natural sciencesBiochemistryZooplanktonMesocosmCorbicula flumineaNanophytoplanktonRotifersPhytoplanktonCorbicula flumineaTD201-5000105 earth and related environmental sciencesWater Science and TechnologyWater supply for domestic and industrial purposesbiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyAquatic ecosystemfungiHydraulic engineeringPlanktonbiology.organism_classificationWater qualityEnvironmental chemistryPhytoplanktonSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataEnvironmental scienceTC1-978Eutrophication

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The influence of filter-feeding bivalves on plankton communities, nutrients, and water quality in a given aquatic ecosystem is so profound that they can be considered ecosystem engineers. In a 70-day mesocosm experiment, we tested the hypothesis that Corbicula fluminea would change plankton community structure by reducing small zooplankton and large phytoplankton and improve water quality by reducing nutrients. We monitored levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, organic suspended solids (OSS), and light at the sediment surface. Within the plankton, phytoplankton biomass (as Chl a, &gt

10.3390/w13131827http://hdl.handle.net/10447/516433