Perspective on the Ecological Causes and Effects of the Variable Algal Composition of Southern Everglades Periphyton
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Title:
Perspective on the Ecological Causes and Effects of the Variable Algal Composition of Southern Everglades Periphyton Report T-643
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Joan A. Browder
Sally Black
Peter Schroeder
Melvin Brown
Mark Newman
David Black
Robert Pope
Peck Pope
Place of Publication:
Homestead
Florida
Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Abstract:
One of the most conspicuous features of shallow-water ecosystems in south Florida is the assemblage of calcium-carbonate-encrusted microscopic algae that surrounds the submerged parts of higher plants and, in some circumstances, covers the bottom like a blanket. Algal assemblages of this nature are found in shallow-water ecosystems throughout the world and are most commonly referred to as periphyton (meaning "around plants" ) or aufwuchs (German for "attached organisms") (Ruttner, 1972). Locally the material is called the algal mat. Although more than Q 200 species of algae have been identified in the periphyton of south lorida (van Meter-Kasanof, 1973; Gleason and Spackman, 1974; Wood and Maynard, 1974), not all of these occur at each site. A few species dominate the biomass. ( English )

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Florida International University
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I 29.95:T-643 ( sudoc )