The Use of Microcosms to Simulate Field Experiments to Determine the Effects of Herbicides on Aquatic Bacteria
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Small (3.5 1) laboratory microcosms containing water, sediment and Elodea canadensis were treated with the herbicides diquat and terbutryne. After treatment total numbers of planktonic bacteria increased significantly by 3-1 1 -fold and heterotroph counts also rose significantly, by 3-23-fold but the population increases of exoenzyme-producing bacteria (3-1 13-fold) were not always significant. As the plants stopped photosynthesizing and decomposed, pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations declined, whilst alkalinity and free C 0 2 concentrations increased. All these changes were very similar to results from analogous experiments in natural waters and microcosms are recommended as substitutes for field experiments with aquatic herbicides.
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