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Spatial and temporal variations of Dinophyceae in subtropical reservoirs in southern Brazil

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Knowledge of dinoflagellate diversity in Brazilian reservoirs is limited, especially in subtropical environments. We investigated as to how nutrients and other environmental variables influenced the biomass of Dinophyceae species in three subtropical ecosystems. The reservoirs Samuara, Faxinal, and São Miguel were sampled fortnightly from 2002 to 2006, and eight dinoflagellate taxa were identified. High temperature was a determining factor for the occurrence of Peridinium africanum Lemmermann. Peridinium umbonatum Stein and P. willei Huitfeld-Kass required high concentrations of nutrients. P. willei was inversely related to temperature and directly related to nutrients. P. umbonatum Stein var. umbonatum Stein showed the largest range of tolerance toward resources. Durinskia baltica Carty & Cox and Peridinium gatunense Nygaard could be opportunistic, since they did not show any spatial or temporal pattern.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to SAMAE of Caxias do Sul for providing physical and chemical water data, and, especially, to their chemical engineer Fernanda B. Spiandorello; to Graziela P. Monçani, Rovana Sussella, and Renivo Girardi, technicians of SAMAE, for their technical support and the donation of samples deposited in the ICN-UFRGS Herbarium; and to Dr. Sandra Maria Alves da Silva, curator of the HAS, for permission to access the samples deposited in the herbarium. We thank Luciane Crossetti for her suggestions that improved the quality of this manuscript, and finally Dr. Janet W. Reid (JWR Associates) for the revision of the English text.

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  1. Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Prédio 43433, Bairro Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 91501-970, Brazil

    Luciana de Souza Cardoso

  2. Curso de Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, UFRGS, Bolsista de Iniciação Científica FAURGS projeto 2624-7, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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de Souza Cardoso, L., Fagundes, P.B. & Becker, V. Spatial and temporal variations of Dinophyceae in subtropical reservoirs in southern Brazil. Hydrobiologia 654, 205–214 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0382-9

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