Monitoring river periphyton with artificial benthic substrates
dc.contributor.author | Lowe, Rex L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gale, William F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T20:51:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T20:51:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1980-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lowe, Rex L.; Gale, William F.; (1980). "Monitoring river periphyton with artificial benthic substrates." Hydrobiologia 69(3): 235-244. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42907> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0018-8158 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-5117 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42907 | |
dc.description.abstract | The objective of this research was to identify the materials and methods necessary to study the attached algal community on a river bottom in deep water. The study site was the Susquehanna River near Falls, Pennsylvania. Artificial substrates of smooth glass, frosted glass, Vermont slate, ‘sandy slate’ (flagstone) and acrylic plate were placed on the stream bottom in detritus free sample holders by scuba divers. Both monthly and long-term cumulative samples were collected from the plates employing scuba and a Bar-Clamp sampler. River stones (natural substrates) were collected for comparison. Samples were analyzed in a Palmer Cell under a Bausch and Lomb research microscope. Diatoms were the most important colonizers of river stones, with the genera Nitzschia and Navicula most abundant. Highest periphyton densities occurred on natural substrates in winter with a maximum of 2.2 × 10 4 units/ mm 2 . Artificial substrates with one month exposure periods accumulated maximum periphyton density from May through October with relatively low densities in winter. Cumulative artificial substrates were most like river stones in patterns of colonization. Frosted acrylic is recommended for future studies employing benthic artificial periphyton substrates. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dr. W. Junk B.V. Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Hydrobiology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Periphyton | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Diatom | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Benthic | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Monitoring | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Algae | en_US |
dc.title | Monitoring river periphyton with artificial benthic substrates | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan Biological Station, 49769, Michigan, Pellston | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, 43403, Ohio | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/42907/1/10750_2004_Article_BF00046798.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00046798 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Hydrobiologia | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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