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Environmental variables and the development of phytoplankton assemblages in a hyper-eutrophic African reservoir

Includes bibliographical references. / The development of phytoplankton assemblages in relation to environmental variables was investigated in Lake Chivero between 2003 and 2006. The study showed that there has been a decline in dominance of cyanobacteria in Lake Chivero, instead phytoplankton development exhibited two states: (i) a clear state with lesser dominance of Microcystis and proliferation of cryptophytes and chlorophytes (eukaryotic algae) and (ii) a turbid state with domination by Microcystis and gradual exclusion of other species.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/6139
Date January 2007
CreatorsMhlanga, Lindah
ContributorsDay, Jenny
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
Formatapplication/pdf

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