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dc.contributor.authorSteenhauer, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorW. Burns, Carolyn
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:47:22Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-07T08:52:23Z
dc.identifier.issn01427873
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/plankt/fbp134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36833
dc.description.abstractThe abundance and biomass of phytoplankton and ciliate taxa in lentic fresh waters were related to their resources, physicochemical conditions, potential consumers and water body type in 45 water bodies ranging from deep oligotrophic lakes to swamps, ponds and estuarine wetlands in South Island, New Zealand. Distinct phytoplankton assemblages were related to each water body type. Phytoplankton genera were positively related most strongly to dissolved reactive phosphorus concentrations, and also related positively to the biomass of ciliate consumers. The biomass of ciliate taxa was higher in swamps and ponds than other water body types. Biomass of the ciliate taxa: oligotrichs, prostomatids and Strombidium, was related strongly and positively to the biomass of their phytoplankton resource, and less strongly related to metazooplankton predators: calanoid copepods and Ceriodaphnia dubia. Our findings suggest that resource availability (bottom-up drivers) may be stronger determinants of phytoplankton and ciliate community composition than consumers (top-down effects).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom327
dc.relation.ispartofpageto339
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Plankton Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume32
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFisheries Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode060899
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0602
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0608
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0704
dc.titleDrivers of ciliate and phytoplankton community structure across a range of water bodies in southern New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSteenhauer, Lisa M.


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