<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The spatial distribution of species richness of phytoplankton was studied along the Balkhash Lake water area during the summer of 2004. With statistically weak connections of phytoplankton with environmental parameters, three-dimensional graphs revealed a complex character of its spatial variability in the gradient of environmental factors. Macrophytes had a stimulating effect on the species richness of planktonic algae. We found a correlation between species richness of Cyanobacteria, Chrysophyta, Euglenophyta and Dinophyta and the ionic composition of water. The important role of temperature was traced. Species richness of algal communities increased with increasing temperature in the gradient of nutrients and correlated with the abundance of macrophytes.</p></abstract>

The spatial distribution of species richness of phytoplankton was studied along the Balkhash Lake water area during the summer of 2004. With statistically weak connections of phytoplankton with environmental parameters, three-dimensional graphs revealed a complex character of its spatial variability in the gradient of environmental factors. Macrophytes had a stimulating effect on the species richness of planktonic algae. We found a correlation between species richness of Cyanobacteria, Chrysophyta, Euglenophyta and Dinophyta and the ionic composition of water. The important role of temperature was traced. Species richness of algal communities increased with increasing temperature in the gradient of nutrients and correlated with the abundance of macrophytes.

Spatial dynamics of species richness of phytoplankton of Lake Balkhash in the gradient of abiotic factors

Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Use “Institute of Zoology”

“Kazakh Research Institute of Fishery” LLP

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The spatial distribution of species richness of phytoplankton was studied along the Balkhash Lake water area during the summer of 2004. With statistically weak...

Spatial dynamics of species richness of phytoplankton of Lake Balkhash in the gradient of abiotic factors

Published Online: Jul 08, 2017

Page range: 1 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0009

Keywords
biodiversity, macrophytes, TDS, biogenes, heavy metals, Kazakhstan

© 2017 Sophia Barinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spatial dynamics of species richness of phytoplankton of Lake Balkhash in the gradient of abiotic factors

Published Online: Jul 08, 2017

Page range: 1 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0009

Keywordsbiodiversity, macrophytes, TDS, biogenes, heavy metals, Kazakhstan

© 2017 Sophia Barinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biodiversity, macrophytes, TDS, biogenes, heavy metals, Kazakhstan