Abundance and primary production of filamentous green algae Zygogonium ericetorum in an extremely acid (pH 2.9) mining lake and its impact on alkalinity generation

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 925-937

  Kleeberg, Andreas ^a   Schubert, Hendrik ^b   Koschorreck, Matthias ^c   Nixdorf, Brigitte ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chlorophyta; Iron deposition; Periphyton; Zygnemataceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALKALINITY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER DEPTH;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ZYGNEMATACEAE; ZYGOGONIUM; ZYGOGONIUM ERICETORUM;

EID: 33645852559     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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