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Seasonal Phytoplankton Dynamics In The Pagan River, David Wade Seaborn Oct 1994

Seasonal Phytoplankton Dynamics In The Pagan River, David Wade Seaborn

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

The composition and seasonal abundance patterns for phytoplankton in the Pagan River, Virginia, were determined. This river is characterized as a nutrient enriched system with annual mean levels of total nitrogen and phosphorus at 1.8 and 0.8 mg/I respectively. Three phytoplankton maxima occurred during the year with the highest in fall, followed by summer and spring peaks. A diatom flora was dominant throughout the year at concentrations of 107 to 108 cells/I. Other algal populations exhibited distinct periods of abundance, which seasonally varied in magnitude and time of development. Turbidity levels were high throughout the year, with a mean secchi …


Chesapeake Bay Phytoplankton: I. Composition, Harold G. Marshall Jan 1994

Chesapeake Bay Phytoplankton: I. Composition, Harold G. Marshall

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

A list of 708 Phytoplankton taxa from 10 algal divisions has been compiled for the Chesapeake Bay and is based on the analysis of 2384 water samples over three decades of study.