Comparison of brackish water plankton assemblages of identical salinity ranges in an estuarine tidal (Westerschelde) and stagnant (Lake Veere) environment (S.W.-Netherlands). I. Phytoplankton
Bakker, C.; De Pauw, N. (1974). Comparison of brackish water plankton assemblages of identical salinity ranges in an estuarine tidal (Westerschelde) and stagnant (Lake Veere) environment (S.W.-Netherlands). I. Phytoplankton. Hydrobiol. Bull. 8(1-2): 179-189. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02254918 In: Hydrobiological Bulletin. Netherlands Hydrobiological Society: Amsterdam. ISSN 0165-1404; e-ISSN 2214-708X, more Also appears in:(1974). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecology and Physiology of the Brackish Environment, Amsterdam, September 4-7, 1973. Organized by the Netherlands Hydrobiological Society in honour of the Dutch hydrobiologist Dr. H.C. Redeke (1873-1945). Hydrobiological Bulletin, 8(1-2). Netherlands Hydrobiological Society: Amsterdam. 252 pp., more |  |
| Keywords | Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Distribution
Ecosystems
Properties > Chemical properties > Salinity
Water > Brackish water
ANE, Netherlands, Lake Veere [Marine Regions]
Brackish water |
| Authors | | Top | - Bakker, C.
- De Pauw, N., more
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| Abstract | Species composition, abundance and seasonal distribution of the phytoplankton of brackish water ecosystems depend not only on salinity but on several other environmental factors too. In stagnant brackish waters (Lake Veere) the easily established stability of the water masses proved to be an ecological masterfactor in relation to phytoplankton development, equaling salinity in importance. In tidal brackish waters (Westerschelde estuary) turbulence acts as an ecological masterfactor in relation to phytoplankton development, dominating salinity in importance within the chosen salinity ranges. |
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