A Simulated Test of Algal Influence of Formation and Deposition of Phosphates

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1991-04-14
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Thispaperdealswithasimulatedtestofbiogenicmineralizationmadewithablue-greenalgaspecies,Spirulinaplatensix.Thedataintheexperimentwererecordedbyacomputerizedsurveyingsystem.Theinflu-enceofalgaeontheaccumulationofphosphorusbychangingtheirmicroenvironmenttopromotetheforma-tionanddepositionofphosphatewasstudied.TheresultsshowthatthepHvalueofculturalliquorroseupto10andtheredoxpotential(Eh)maydropby100-200mVduringthealgallogarithmicgrowthstage,andthecultrualliquorwaschangedintoamediumwithaweaklyreducingcondition.AttheendofthelogarithmicgrowthstagewhitedepositsofNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2OandCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2Owereformedonthefloorofculturalcontainers.Thetestpresentedawduableevidenceforthetheoryofbiogenicmineralization.