Substrate specificity and fine-scale distribution of epiphytic diatoms in a shallow tarn in the Brenta Dolomites (South-eastern Alps)

• Published in: Plant Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Letakova M., Cantonati M., Hasler P., Nicola A., Poulickova A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Chara aspera; Diatom; Epiphyton; Epiphyton size structure; Host specificity; Mountain lake; Potamogeton gramineus; Alpine Lake; Gibba
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/910404; https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2016.1206; https://www.jstor.org/stable/26158591

Background and aims – The host-specificity of epiphytic diatom species has long been debated. Scuba divers sampled epiphytic diatoms in the shallow Alpine Lake Valagola (average depth c. 2 m) along seven transects (length: 30–144 m) in West-East direction. The bottom of the tarn was covered by macro...