Biomass-pigment relationships in potamoplankton |
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Authors: | Descy Jean-Pierre; Metens Arnaud |
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Institution: | Unit of Freshwater Ecology, Department of Biology, FUNDP rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium |
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Abstract: | During most of the growing season of 1994, pigment content,as determined by HPLC analysis of algal sample extracts, wasfollowed in the River Meuse (Belgium) potamoplankton. The concentrationof some algal pigments (chlorophylls a and b, fucoxanthin, lutein,echinenone and alloxanthin) was related to biomass estimatesof total phytoplankton and of major taxonomic components (diatoms,green algae, cyanobacteria and cryptomonads). Highly significantlinear regressions were obtained for chlorophyll a-total biomass,fucoxanthin-diatoms, lutein-green algae, chlorophyll b-greenalgae. However, no relationship was found for cyanobacteriaor cryptomonads and their specific pigments, which may be attributedto poor accuracy of biomass estimates for these non-dominantalgae. In conclusion, the good relationship found for dominantalgae and their specific pigments confirms the value of pigmentsas quantitative markers of phytoplankton, as detected in othermarine and freshwater environments. |
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