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Planktonic Diatom Species Succession In San Francisco Bay (September 2015 - December 2017), Theresa Keith
Planktonic Diatom Species Succession In San Francisco Bay (September 2015 - December 2017), Theresa Keith
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Since Hutchinson first described the “Paradox of the Plankton” in 1961, research has been done to determine how and why the coexistence of so many different species of phytoplankton is possible. A critical part of this question is species succession, or how the assemblage of phytoplankton in a region changes over time. This study examines the succession of planktonic diatoms in San Francisco Bay, CA (USA) from September 2015 through December 2017 using phytoplankton samples and environmental data. Periodic sampling was conducted at a site in the Golden Gate Strait and taxa were identified using light microscopy and scanning electron …