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Main Title Characteristics of benthic algal communities in the upper Great Lakes /
Author Stoermer, Eugene F., ; Thomas, Nelson A.
CORP Author Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Great Lakes Research Div.;Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory-Duluth, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-600/3-80-073; EPA-R-803037
Stock Number PB81-144461
OCLC Number 06871760
Subjects Lake ecology--Great Lakes Region (North America) ; Algae--Great Lakes Region (North America) ; Benthos--Great Lakes Region (North America) ; Algorithms
Additional Subjects Algae ; Lakes ; Water quality ; Upper Great Lakes ; Characteristics ; Fresh water ; Plants(Botany) ; Lake Michigan ; Lake Huron ; Lake Superior ; Ecosystems
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EJBD  EPA 600-3-80-073 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/14/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-80-073 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-3-80-073 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/10/1998
ELDD  EPA-600/3-80-073 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 08/23/2002
NTIS  PB81-144461 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 73 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The upper Great Lakes contain a diverse array of benthic algal communities. Characteristic communities occupy substrates from the supralittoral to depths in excess of 30 m. Diatoms are the dominant taxonomic group present in terms of numbers, and usually in terms of biomass, except in eutrophic areas. Communities in areas receiving minimal direct anthropogenic impact are extremely diverse in terms of both species richness and population evenness. The populations which comprise these communities are generally reported from extremely oligotrophic habitats. A significant number of populations found in undisturbed habitats in the upper Great Lakes have not been previously reported from North America. Benthic communities in more eutrophic areas are characterized by a greater abundance of eurytopic and widely distributed taxa. Many of these species are familiar elements of the floras of smaller, mesotrophic to eutrophic lakes. The communities of directly impacted areas contain a more limited suite of very tolerant populations, usually occurring in high abundance.
Notes
"July 1980." "Project Officer: Nelson A. Thomas." Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-25). "Grant No. 803037."