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Winter phytoplankton communities of Utah Lake, Utah, USA

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Phytoplankton samples were collected from ice-covered Utah Lake during February and March, 1979 in order to characterize the winter algal flora. These samples were analyzed for presence and abundance of diatoms and non-diatom algae as well as selected water chemical parameters. A total of 159 diatom taxa and 20 non-diatoms was found in the water column under the ice. The flagellates Carteria stellifera, Euglena gracilis and Chlamydomonas globosa dominated the winter non-diatom flora while Stephanodiscus cf. dubius, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Navicula minima, Fragilaria construens var. venter, and Melosira granulata var. angustissima dominated the winter diatom flora. Species richness and abundance were elevated in the major bays of the lake.

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Squires, L.E., Rushforth, S.R. Winter phytoplankton communities of Utah Lake, Utah, USA. Hydrobiologia 131, 235–248 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008859

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