Author:
Churchand L. M.,McClaren M.
Abstract
Wood- and leaf-inhabiting marine fungi were collected from two depths near the effluent outlets of a Kraft pulp mill in Howe Sound, British Columbia. Other sites which were not directly affected by pulp mill effluents were also sampled. All groups of fungi grew poorly on baits which rested on the bottom at the mill. At a depth of 30 cm, Phycomycetes were isolated as frequently from the mill as from control sites. Of the Fungi Imperfecti, Monodictys pelagica (Johnson) Jones was isolated more frequently from the mill than from control sites; Zalerion maritimum (Linder) Anastasiou was isolated less frequently from the mill than from control sites. Phialophora fastigiata (Lagerb. & Melin) Conant was isolated exclusively from the pulp mill station. Ascomycetes were rarely found on panels submerged at the pulp mill.Hydrographic measurements showed that water temperature at the mill sample site was not affected by the effluent. Salinity and pH were generally lower at the pulp mill than at the control site, and may have been partially responsible for the observed distributional differences.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Cited by
6 articles.
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