[Bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen components in the lake sediment to alage].

Samples in the sediments of Wuliangsuhai and Erhai Lake were selected, and the technologies of XAD-8 resins separation and three dimensional fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (3DEEM) spectra were applied, in order to study the bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen components to alage under the room cultivation. The obtained results showed that: (1) Average loss of DON and DOC from sediments was below 5% after dividing DON into different groups, which means the technology of XAD- 8 resins separation could be used in the study of DON components in the lake sediment. (2) Through 3DEEM analysis, hydrophilic and hydrophobic DON was dominated by protein-like and humic-like materials in the lake sediment, respectively. (3) Under the hydrophilic component condition, growth curves of algae tended to show an "S" shape with a straight upward trend in the sediments of Wuliangsuhai and Erhai lake,with the maximum algal density reaching 535.5 x 10(4) and 709.5 x 10(4) per milliliter, respectively. Meanwhile, the DON concentrations were significantly reduced after cultivation to 2.46 and 2.98 mg x L(-1), respectively, which suggests that hydrophilic DON in the lake sediment was the bioavailable organic nitrogen for alage. (4) Under the hydrophbic component conditions, growth curves of algae tended to show a "unimodal" shape in the sediments of Wuliangsuhai and Erhai lake,with the maximum algal density reaching 113.5 x 10(4) and 275.5 x 10(4) per milliliter,respectively. The DON concentrations were significantly reduced during the early cultivation period, and then kept stable in the late period, which suggests that the hydrophobic DON component bioavailable to alage was low in short-term, and the hydrophobic DON component had hardly any positive effect on the growth of algae.