Grazing and nutrient interactions in controlling the activity and composition of the epilithic algal community of an arctic lake1

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Author: Cuker, Benjamin E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1983
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Oceanography; Arctic; Arctic Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1983.28.1.0133; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1983.28.1.0133; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1983.28.1.0133

The effects of grazing by the snail Lymnaea and enrichment with N and P were examined in the epilithic algal community of an arctic lake. Increased nutrients raised chlorophyll a levels and primary production and favored the growth of filamentous green algae and coccoid blue‐greens. Intensive grazin...