Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Paul, Varun G.
Committee Member
Skarke, Adam
Committee Member
Dash, Padmanava
Date of Degree
12-13-2024
Original embargo terms
Worldwide
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Geoscience (Environmental Geoscience)
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Geosciences
Abstract
Algae play a key role in the aquatic environment as primary producers; however, they can form harmful algal blooms that are detrimental to the aquatic environment, people, and even the economy. It is generally believed that climate change will influence future algal blooms. The first study estimated algae community in three freshwater locations in Mississippi, Desoto Lake, White’s Creek Lake, and Columbus Lake, and one saline location, Western Mississippi Sound, using modern and new tools of the autonomous surface vessel, FlowCam, and EcoTaxa. From those results and leading into the second study was the application of four climate scenarios on the species Anabaena flos-aquae, a freshwater cyanobacteria, and Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a saltwater diatom. The four scenarios increased from current conditions, high climate mitigation, low mitigation, and no mitigation. Anabaena flos-aquae exhibited increased rates of growth with each climate condition. Phaeodactylum tricornutum only had minimal changes in the experimental conditions.
Recommended Citation
Tucker, Emma Madison, "Algal community investigations: present day to year-2100 for Mississippi lakes and the Western Mississippi Sound" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 6364.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6364