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Solar radiation can change DOM in aquatic environments making compounds more labile or recalcitrant to biodegradation. Thus, solar radiation, especially UV, indirectly interfere in the microbial community in order to increase or decrease their growth. The objective was to verify the interference of UV-A + B on the bioavailability of DOM separated into different fractions (molecular weight), from release of cells in stationary phase of M. aeruginosa. DOM released from cyanobacteria was separated by tangential ultra-filtration and these were inoculated bacterial community of Barra Bonita reservoir. Bacterial community dynamic was monitored by measures of density and biomass and bacterial consumption of carbon from DOM by measures of DOC. Frequency of bacterial morphotypes were also calculated. All three fractions of DOM investigated were highly available to the bacterial community. The fraction of cultures with DOM<3 kDa and DOM>30 kDa demonstrated to be more vulnerable to UV radiation, corroborated by many statistical differences found for bacterial density during 27 days of incubation. At 15 days of incubation, the cultures with irradiated DOM>30 kDa showed a second peak in bacterial density and biomass that can be understood as an event of succession in bacterial community. Changes in relative frequency of bacterial morphotypes over incubation period suggest an episode of succession during the different stages of degradation of DOM. It was suggested that the majority of DOC released from a bloom of cyanobacteria is rapidly mineralized. Furthermore, the constant blooms, or ever high biomass of M. aeruginosa during the year, mean that such bacterial consortia are always available.

The increasing eutrophication of aquatic environments, resulting from the human activities, is related to cyanobacterial blooms that are described, all over the world, as the agents causing toxicity and death in humans, domestic and wild animals. Recently, studies are being conducted aiming to prove the possibility of the biotransference of the cyanobacterial toxins to the trophic web and their associated effects. Protozoans are very important organisms to the aquatic food web and can be useful as indicators in water quality assessment. The present study evaluated, during cyanobacteria bloom events in Barra Bonita reservoir (SP), the intra and extracellular cyanotoxin levels (microcystin LR) and also phyto and protozooplanktonic populations. Besides, it was also evaluated, in laboratory experiments, the effects of the cyanotoxins obtained from cultures of Microcystis and from material collected in Barra Bonita reservoir on the protozoan Paramecium caudatum. Due to the eutrophication degree of the studied reservoir, the cianobacteria, specially Microcystis (M. aeruginosa, M. protocystis and M. panniformes) and Pseudanabaena mucicola, were the dominant phytoplanktonic organisms. In this work it was registered only the concentrations of microcystin LR. The concentrations of this toxin were median among those found for other Brazilian aquatic environments where it was detected more than one cyanotoxin variant. Halteria grandinella and Vorticela aquadulcis were the dominant protozoans in the environment during the cyanobanterial bloom events. The protozooplanktonic densities and species composition were lower than those found in the literature for environments with the same trophic status, indicating that the protozoan seem to be negatively affected by the cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins (microcystins) detected in the samples. Samples from Microcystis cultures and from the reservoir demonstrated to be toxic to P. caudatum, although they were more tolerant to the semi purified extracts from cultures than to the environmental samples.

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais