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Article

The Variability of Summer Phytoplankton in Different Types of Lakes in North East Poland (Suwałki Landscape Park)

by
Maciej Karpowicz
*,
Andrzej Górniak
,
Adam Więcko
and
Adam Cudowski
Department of Hydrobiology, Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-254 Białystok, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Limnol. Rev. 2016, 16(4), 229-236; https://doi.org/10.1515/limre-2016-0025 (registering DOI)
Published: 18 February 2017

Abstract

This study describes summer phytoplankton communities in 27 lakes in the Suwałki Landscape Park (SLP) using in situ fluorescence methods. Low chlorophyll-a concentrations were noted in most of the studied lakes, particularly in the deepest lakes with highest surface area. Green algae, diatoms and cryptophyta were dominant components of lake phytoplankton. Higher chlorophyll-a concentrations in the shallow or more eutrophicated lakes were connected with an increase of cyanobacteria and cryptophyta concentrations as well as with a decrease in the share of diatoms inphytoplankton structure. Vertical distribution of phytoplankton in stratified lakes revealed the presence of deep chlorophyll layers just below the thermocline where the maximum concentrations of phytoplankton were up to 15 times higher than in the epilimnion zone. The deepest maximum concentration of phytoplankton was noted at a depth of 16.5 m in Lake Jeglówek. In some lakes two or three significant increases of phytoplankton concentration in the vertical profile were observed, caused by intensive development of different algae groups.
Keywords: in situ fluorescence method; FluoroProbe; vertical distribution; deep chlorophyll layer in situ fluorescence method; FluoroProbe; vertical distribution; deep chlorophyll layer

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Karpowicz, M.; Górniak, A.; Więcko, A.; Cudowski, A. The Variability of Summer Phytoplankton in Different Types of Lakes in North East Poland (Suwałki Landscape Park). Limnol. Rev. 2016, 16, 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/limre-2016-0025

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Karpowicz M, Górniak A, Więcko A, Cudowski A. The Variability of Summer Phytoplankton in Different Types of Lakes in North East Poland (Suwałki Landscape Park). Limnological Review. 2016; 16(4):229-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/limre-2016-0025

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Karpowicz, Maciej, Andrzej Górniak, Adam Więcko, and Adam Cudowski. 2016. "The Variability of Summer Phytoplankton in Different Types of Lakes in North East Poland (Suwałki Landscape Park)" Limnological Review 16, no. 4: 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/limre-2016-0025

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Karpowicz, M., Górniak, A., Więcko, A., & Cudowski, A. (2016). The Variability of Summer Phytoplankton in Different Types of Lakes in North East Poland (Suwałki Landscape Park). Limnological Review, 16(4), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/limre-2016-0025

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