A Discussion on the Influence Mechanism of Iron to Algal Blooms in Natural Raw Water

Abstract:

Through designing orthogonal tests, the influence mechanism of iron to the growth of fresh water algae was studied. The results indicated that the initial Fe concentration of 0.3mg/L or above can lead to high algae relative growth rate while the initial Fe concentration under 0.3mg/L can only generate low algae relative growth rate. The consumption of iron in Group LNLP under low initial Fe concentration and Group HNHP under high initial Fe concentration was in synchronism with the consumption of nitrogen and phosphorus. However, in Group HNHP under low initial Fe concentration and Group LNLP under high initial Fe concentration the concentration of iron decreased with the increase of algal biomass before reaching the peak value of algal biomass and it increased after reaching the peak value in contrary. Among all those 25 groups the order of the peak value of algal biomass from big to small is as follows:All-rich Group>Nitrogen-lacked Group>Phosphorus-lacked Group>Iron-lacked Group>All-lacked Group. The lack of Fe content will restrain the growth of algae. In certain concentration rage algal biomass increased with the increasing of Fe content while Fe content will restrain the growth of algae in contrary if beyond the concentration rage.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 726-731)
• Pages: 2084-2091
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.726-731.2084
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Jie Deng, Guang Xiao Kou, Jia Quan Wu
• Keywords: Algal Bloom, Green Alga, Influence Mechanism, Iron

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