Spatial variability of epiphyton communities structure in a temperate estuarine lagoon

Karosienė, Jūratė; Paškauskas, Ričardas

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.017

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Spatial variability of epiphyton communities structure in a temperate estuarine lagoon

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Straipsnis Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science and Scopus database (S1)

Type of document

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Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Karosienė, Jūratė

Title

Spatial variability of epiphyton communities structure in a temperate estuarine lagoon

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Publisher

London : Academic Press

Publisher (trusted)

Academic Press

Date Issued

Date	Volume	Start Page	End Page
2012	114	100	104

Is part of

Estuarine, coastal and shelf science

Research Area

Field of Science

Keywords (en)

Abstract (en)

The midsummer epiphyton community structure on common reed stems was investigated in different zones of the Curonian Lagoon (south-eastern Baltic). Epiphyton was characterized by dominance of diatoms and cyanobacteria. The shading effects of phytoplankton or reed belts density and phosphorus concentrations mainly contributed to differences in epiphyton amount and species taxonomic composition. Epiphyton algae and cyanobacteria abundance increased toward river run-off. The highest biomass and dominance of diatoms were observed in the zones with higher phosphorus concentrations.