Table 1 Environmental parameters, Shannon-Wiener index, dominant species' relative abundance and copy number of DNA and RNA in the Dongzhen Reservoir
Water layer | Mixing layer (n = 5) | Epilimnion (n = 6) | Metalimnion (n = 3) | Hypolimnion (n = 6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature (°C) | 16.17 ± 0.01a | 25.04 ± 1.22b | 16.87 ± 0.37a | 14.18 ± 0.22c |
DO (mg l−1) | 8.23 ± 0.07a | 6.16 ± 1.41a | 2.26 ± 2.04b | 2.82 ± 1.07b |
pH | 7.46 ± 0.02a | 7.75 ± 0.58a | 6.64 ± 0.14ab | 6.34 ± 0.10b |
Chl-a (μg l−1) | 3.24 ± 0.15a | 2.39 ± 0.78a | 0.73 ± 0.27b | 0.82 ± 0.14b |
TN (mg l−1) | 3.68 ± 0.17a | 2.86 ± 0.53a | 3.14 ± 1.10a | 4.38 ± 1.17a |
NH4-N (mg l−1) | 0.10 ± 0.02a | 0.18 ± 0.04a | 0.13 ± 0.11a | 0.20 ± 0.08a |
NOx-N (mg l−1) | 1.42 ± 0.06a | 1.15 ± 0.14a | 1.28 ± 0.18a | 1.34 ± 0.10a |
TP (mg l−1) | 0.042 ± 0.008a | 0.038 ± 0.004ab | 0.026 ± 0.007ab | 0.025 ± 0.004b |
PO4-P (mg l−1) | 0.002 ± 0.001a | 0.009 ± 0.004a | 0.014 ± 0.011a | 0.011 ± 0.005a |
TN/TP mass ratio | 100.70 ± 116.94ab | 79.46 ± 16.66a | 120.99 ± 37.32ab | 165.62 ± 29.89b |
Shannon-Wiener index | 4.00 ± 0.06ab | 3.77 ± 0.13a | 4.16 ± 0.04b | 4.18 ± 0.09b |
Actinobacteria (%) | 0.706 ± 0.012a | 0.625 ± 0.017b | 0.629 ± 0.015b | 0.589 ± 0.020b |
Proteobacteria (%) | 0.139 ± 0.006a | 0.183 ± 0.023a | 0.204 ± 0.036a | 0.216 ± 0.014a |
Cyanobacteria (%) | 0.075 ± 0.004a | 0.045 ± 0.025ab | 0.033 ± 0.020ab | 0.052 ± 0.020b |
Unknown bacteria (%) | 0.038 ± 0.001a | 0.039 ± 0.008a | 0.052 ± 0.006ab | 0.059 ± 0.006b |
Copy number of DNA (l−1) | (1.14 ± 0.14) × 1010a | (7.92 ± 1.60) × 1010b | (1.06 ± 0.14) × 1011c | (4.45 ± 0.51) × 1010b |
Copy number of RNA (l−1) | (6.58 ± 0.16) × 1011a | (3.89 ± 0.72) × 1011b | (2.80 ± 0.60) × 1011b | (8.36 ± 1.36) × 1011c |
RNA/DNA ratio | 6.31 ± 1.70a | 10.59 ± 2.85a | 3.01 ± 0.64a | 23.17 ± 3.28b |