Hydrobiologia

, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 3–25 | Cite as

Wisconsin desmids. II. Aufwuchs and plankton communities of selected soft water lakes, hard water lakes and calcareous spring ponds

  • Stephen B. Gough
  • William J. Woelkerling
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Abstract

This report summarizes the results of summer studies of five soft water lakes, five hard water lakes and six calcareous spring ponds in Wisconsin with respect to the composition of the plankton and aufwuchs communities and the relative role of desmids in those communities. The results are compared with similar data obtained from selected acid bog lakes, alkaline bog lakes and closed bogs. Soft water lakes harbored a greater aufwuchs and plankton desmid diversity than hard water lakes or spring ponds; however, diversity in acid bog lakes was substantially greater than in any other lake type. Utricularia contained the greatest desmid diversity and population density in every lake where it occurred. Staurastrum was the most prevalent genus in the plankton and it was the only one recorded from hard water lakes and calcareous spring ponds. Desmid aufwuchs population densities were roughly comparable in hard water lakes, soft water lakes and acid bogs and the contribution of desmids to the total aufwuchs population was similar for the latter two lake types. However, the plankton of acid bog lakes generally harbored substantially greater desmid populations and these populations contributed much more to the total population than in any other lake type. Aufwuchs data are presented for several hosts and comparisons of population densities are given among hosts within a given lake and between the same host in different lakes of a given type. Data for other algal groups are also included.

Keywords

Ecology of desmids Host specificity of Aufwuchs 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Stephen B. Gough
    • 1
  • William J. Woelkerling
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BotanyUniversity of WisconsinMadison

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