In situ measurement of state transition in cyanobacterial blooms: kinetics and extent of the state change in relation to underwater light and vertical mixing

Abstract

Differences in the kinetics of state transition between green algae and cyanobacteria together with estimation of the wind-induced mixing time of the water column are discussed with respect to photoacclimation. For both natural phytoplankton and laboratory cultures, state transition occurred on a time scale equal to or faster than the time required for one vertical mixing cycle. -from Authors