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Zhang Y, Zhao C, Yu A, Zhao W, Ren F, Liu Y. The Migration Pattern of Atrazine during the Processes of Water Freezing and Thawing. TOXICS 2022; 10:603. [PMID: 36287883 PMCID: PMC9612270 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10100603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, is of concern because of its frequent occurrence in various water bodies and the potential threat it constitutes to ecosystems. The transport of contaminants in seasonally ice-covered lakes is an important factor affecting the under-ice water environment, and changes in phase during ice growth and melting cause redistribution of atrazine between ice and water phases. To explore the migration pattern of atrazine during freezing and thawing, laboratory simulation experiments involving freezing and thawing were carried out. The effects of ice thickness, freezing temperature, and initial concentration on the migration ability of atrazine during freezing were investigated. The results showed that the relationship between the concentration of atrazine in ice and water during freezing was ice layer < water before freezing < water layer under the ice. Atrazine tended to migrate to under-ice water during the freezing process, and the intensity of migration was positively correlated with the ice thickness, freezing temperature, and initial concentration. During the thawing phase, atrazine trapped in the ice was released into the water in large quantities in the early stages. The first 20% of meltwater concentration was significantly higher than the average concentration in ice, with the highest case being 2.75 times the average concentration in ice. The results reported in this study are a useful reference for planning possible pollution control measures on such lakes during their freeze-thaw process.
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- Yan Zhang
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Bukin YS, Kravtsova LS, Peretolchina TE, Fedotov AP, Tupikin AE, Kabilov MR, Sherbakov DY, Mincheva EV. DNA metabarcoding of benthic algae and associated eukaryotes from Lake Baikal in the face of rapid environmental changes. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2022; 26:86-95. [PMID: 35342852 PMCID: PMC8894627 DOI: 10.18699/vjgb-22-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Here we report new data describing the biodiversity of phytobenthic communities based on DNA-metabarcoding using the 18S rDNA marker and the Illumina MiSeq system. The study was initiated due to the blooming of f ilamentous algae (mainly of the genus Spirogyra) and cyanobacteria in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal under climate change and anthropogenic impact. The composition and taxonomic diversity of algae and other organisms associated with them on different sites of Lake Baikal (near Bolshoi Ushkaniy Island, in Listvennichny Bay) and in the Kaya (within the city of Irkutsk, located in the same drainage basin as Lake Baikal) were determined using
DNAmetabarcoding.
About 15 thousand reads of the 18S rRNA marker were obtained by applying NGS (next-generation
sequencing). The species of algae dominating in the number of reads, as well as the diff icult-to-identify taxa
(Stramenopiles, Alveolata, Euglenozoa, Chromista, Rhizaria, Amoebozoa, etc.), which play an important role in the
functioning and formation of the structure of algal communities, were revealed. The Shannon index of the communities
studied ranges from 1.56 to 2.72. The advantages and weaknesses of using DNA-metabarcoding based on the
18S rRNA gene fragment for studying the structure of algal communities are shown. The advantage of this method is
the possibility to more fully determine the diversity of eukaryotes taxa, which are diff icult to identify by morphology,
without involving a large number of specialists, while the disadvantage of the method is the distortion that may occur
during the PCR. Here, ways of solving this problem are proposed. The results of the study show that the analysis
of the minor component of the eukaryotic community in samples (organisms with low biomass) consisting of a
mixture of multicellular and unicellular organisms requires a read-depths of at least 100,000 sequences per sample.
In general, the DNA-metabarcoding method is recommended for studying the structure of algal communities and
eukaryotes associated with them.
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- Yu. S. Bukin
- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Irkutsk State University
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- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University
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- Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Response of Aquatic Organisms Communities to Global Climate Changes and Anthropogenic Impact: Evidence from Listvennichny Bay of Lake Baikal. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10090904. [PMID: 34571780 PMCID: PMC8469207 DOI: 10.3390/biology10090904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Simple Summary Lake Baikal is ranked first among the world’s lakes in terms of freshwater reserves (23,000 km3). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its biota is represented by unique fauna and flora, with endemics accounting for more than 60%. What is happening in the Baikal ecosystem in recent decades due to global climate change and anthropogenic impacts? In this paper, we studied this issue on the example of one of the few open bays on the western shore of Lake Baikal, as well as of some remote areas. It has been found that the plankton composition is dominated by thermophilic species; the role of endemic species in the formation of total biomass is decreasing, which confirms the ecosystem’s response to climate warming. As a result of human activity, filamentous algae bloom suppresses endemic algae species and reduces mollusk proportion. The coastal zone of Lake Baikal is taking on the features of common shallow freshwater lakes due to the predominance of cosmopolitan and widespread Palearctic species. It is necessary to monitor the Baikal ecosystem in the changing climate and to strengthen control over human activities on the shores of the lake. Abstract Recent studies have revealed how the freshwater biota of Lake Baikal responds to climate change and anthropogenic impacts. We studied phyto- and zooplankton, as well as phyto- and zoobenthos, in the open coastal waters of the southern basin of the lake and of Listvennichny Bay. A total of 180 aquatic organism taxa were recorded. The response of the Baikal ecosystem to climate change can be traced by changes in the species composition of planktonic communities of the lake’s open coasts in summer. The key species were thermophilic the Anabaena lemmermannii P. Richt. (Fij = +0.7) blue-green algae, the Asplanchna priodonta Gosse (Fij = +0.6) rotifers in 2016, the Rhodomonas pusilla (Bachm.) Javorn. (Fij = +0.5) cold-loving algae, and the Cyclops kolensis Lilljeborg (Fij = +0.9) copepods in the past century. The proportion of Chlorophyta decreased from 63% to 17%; the Cyanophyta increased from 3% to 11% in the total biomass of phytoplankton; and the proportion of Cladocera and Rotifera increased to 26% and 11% in the biomass of zooplankton, respectively. Human activity makes an additional contribution to the eutrophication of coastal waters. The Dinobryon species, the cosmopolitan Asterionella formosa Hass. and Fragilaria radians Kütz., dominated phytoplankton, and filamentous algae, Spirogyra, dominated at the bottom in the area with anthropogenic impact. The trophic level was higher than at the unaffected background site: the saprobity index varied from 1.45 to 2.17; the ratio of eutrophic species to oligotrophic species ranged from 1:2 to 3:1, and the ratio of mesosaprobiont biomass to endemics biomass ranged from 2:1 to 7:1. Currently, the boundaries of eutrophication zones of shallow waters in Lake Baikal are expanding, and its coastal zone has acquired features typical of freshwater bodies of the eutrophic type.
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Butina TV, Bukin YS, Petrushin IS, Tupikin AE, Kabilov MR, Belikov SI. Extended Evaluation of Viral Diversity in Lake Baikal through Metagenomics. Microorganisms 2021; 9:760. [PMID: 33916464 PMCID: PMC8066274 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lake Baikal is a unique oligotrophic freshwater lake with unusually cold conditions and amazing biological diversity. Studies of the lake's viral communities have begun recently, and their full diversity is not elucidated yet. Here, we performed DNA viral metagenomic analysis on integral samples from four different deep-water and shallow stations of the southern and central basins of the lake. There was a strict distinction of viral communities in areas with different environmental conditions. Comparative analysis with other freshwater lakes revealed the highest similarity of Baikal viromes with those of the Asian lakes Soyang and Biwa. Analysis of new data, together with previously published data allowed us to get a deeper insight into the diversity and functional potential of Baikal viruses; however, the true diversity of Baikal viruses in the lake ecosystem remains still unknown. The new metaviromic data will be useful for future studies of viral composition, distribution, and the dynamics associated with global climatic and anthropogenic impacts on this ecosystem.
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- Tatyana V. Butina
- Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Batorskaya Str., 3, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia; (I.S.P.); (S.I.B.)
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- Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Batorskaya Str., 3, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia; (I.S.P.); (S.I.B.)
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- Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Batorskaya Str., 3, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia; (I.S.P.); (S.I.B.)
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentiev Ave., 8, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (A.E.T.); (M.R.K.)
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentiev Ave., 8, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (A.E.T.); (M.R.K.)
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- Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Batorskaya Str., 3, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia; (I.S.P.); (S.I.B.)
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Mulec J, Oarga-Mulec A, Holko L, Pašić L, Kopitar AN, Eleršek T, Mihevc A. Microbiota entrapped in recently-formed ice: Paradana Ice Cave, Slovenia. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1993. [PMID: 33479448 PMCID: PMC7820503 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81528-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Paradana is one of the biggest ice caves in Slovenia, with an estimated ice volume of 8,000 m3. Reflecting climatological conditions, the cave ice undergoes repeated freeze-thaw cycles and regular yearly deposition of fresh ice. Three distinct ice block samples, collected from the frozen lake in May 2016, were analysed to obtain data on ice physicochemical properties and the composition of associated microbiota. Isotopic composition of the ice samples (18O, 2H) and a local meteoric water line (LMWL) constructed for monthly precipitation at Postojna were used to estimate the isotopic composition of the water that formed the ice, which had high values of deuterium excess and low concentrations of chloride, sulphate and nitrate. The values of total organic carbon (1.93–3.95 mg/l) within the ice blocks fall within the range of those measured in karst streams. Total cell count in the ice was high and the proportion of cell viability increased along the depth gradient and ranged from 4.67 × 104 to 1.52 × 105 cells/ml and from 51.0 to 85.4%, respectively. Proteobacteria represented the core of the cave-ice microbiome (55.9–79.1%), and probably play an essential role in this ecosystem. Actinobacteria was the second most abundant phylum (12.0–31.4%), followed in abundance by Bacteroidetes (2.8–4.3%). Ice phylotypes recorded amounted to 442 genera, but only 43 genera had abundances greater than 0.5%. Most abundant were Pseudomonas, a well-known ice dweller, and Lysobacter, which previously was not reported in this context. Finally, two xanthophytes, Chloridella glacialis and Ellipsoidion perminimum, known from polar environments, were cultured from the ice. This indicates that the abundance and ecological role of phototrophs in such environments might be greater than previously deduced.
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- Janez Mulec
- Karst Research Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Titov trg 2, 6230, Postojna, Slovenia. .,UNESCO Chair on Karst Education, University of Nova Gorica, Glavni trg 8, 5271, Vipava, Slovenia.
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Glavni trg 8, 5271, Vipava, Slovenia
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- Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84104, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- School of Medicine, University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Hrasnička cesta 3a, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Karst Research Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Titov trg 2, 6230, Postojna, Slovenia.,UNESCO Chair on Karst Education, University of Nova Gorica, Glavni trg 8, 5271, Vipava, Slovenia
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