ILPLA   05424
INSTITUTO DE LIMNOLOGIA "DR. RAUL A. RINGUELET"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Implications of rapid changes in chlorophyll-a of plankton, epipelon, and epiphyton in a Pampean Shallow lake: an interpretation in terms of a conceptual model
Autor/es:
CANO, MARÍA GABRIELA; CASCO, MARÍA ADELA; SOLARI LÍA CRISTINA; MAC DONAGH, MARÍA ELICIA; GABELLONE N A; CLAPS, MARÍA CRISTINA
Revista:
HYDROBIOLOGIA
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Año: 2008 p. 33 - 45
ISSN:
0018-8158
Resumen:
Biomass assessments of algae in wetlands usually include only the phytoplankton community without  considering the contribution of other algal associations to total algal biomass. This omission prevents an accurate evaluation of the phytoplankton community as an integral part of the total ecosystem. In the present work, the biomass contributions (expressed as chlorophyll-a content per m2 of lake) of phytoplankton, epiphyton on both submerged and emergent macrophytes, and epipelon were measured in Lacombe Lake, Argentina, for the purpose of (1) establishing the relative importance of the phytoplankton and (2) evaluating the entire contribution of algal biomass within the context of the Goldsborough & Robinson conceptual model. Our sampling was carried out monthly for a year in sites representative.