Spatial and temporal variation in phytoplankton community structure in a southeastern U.S. reservoir determined by HPLC and light microscopy

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-228

  Sthapit, Engela ^a   Ochs, Clifford A ^a   Zimba, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; Lakes; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; SARDIS RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES;

ANKISTRODESMUS; ASTERIONELLA; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUCIGENIA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOTELLA; MERISMOPEDIA; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDANABAENA; SCENEDESMUS; SELENASTRUM; STAURASTRUM; SYNEDRA; TETRAEDRON;

EID: 40549139512     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9234-7     Document Type: Article

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