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Hydrodynamics-driven plankton community in a shallow lake

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Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to test the hypothesis that the wind-governed hydrodynamics of a shallow coastal lake is responsible for the spatial and temporal gradients of biotic and abiotic variables. Certain environmental variables, such as turbidity, suspended solids, and water level, formed seasonal spatial gradients in Itapeva Lake, southern Brazil, in response to wind action. Physical variables formed gradients more easily than did most of the plankton community, although the densities of certain species did respond to wind-driven oscillations. The results of this analysis indicate that the spatial and temporal gradients experienced by the physical, chemical, and biological descriptors displayed a characteristic property of this type of wind-driven environment. Moreover, CCA revealed that water dynamics may govern the plankton community of Itapeva Lake.

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We are grateful to the Brazilian agencies FAPERGS (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa no Rio Grande do Sul) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for grants in support of this research.

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  1. Instituto de Biociências, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 91501–970, Brazil

    Luciana de Souza Cardoso

  2. Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas, IPH-UFRGS, Cx. P. 15029, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 91501–970, Brazil

    David da Motta Marques

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de Souza Cardoso, L., da Motta Marques, D. Hydrodynamics-driven plankton community in a shallow lake. Aquat Ecol 43, 73–84 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-007-9151-x

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