Effects of Nutrients and Non-algal Turbidity on Blue-green Algal Biomass in Four North Carolina Reservoirs
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- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Lake and Reservoir Management
- Vol. 6 (2) , 125-131
Abstract
An analysis of data from four turbid North Carolina reservoirs showed that both the summer mean biomass and relative biomass of planktonic blue-green algae (Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria) are frequently lower than would be predicted by models developed from natural north temperate lakes. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the growth of blue-green algae in these reservoirs is reduced in the presence of high concentrations of non-algal turbidity.Keywords
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