Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
DOI
10.2179/11-046
Publication Title
Castanea
Volume
77
Issue
3
Pages
235-244
Abstract
Back Bay and its flora have historically been influenced by the interaction of freshwater flow in combination with frequent intrusion of saline water into its basin. These events have resulted in a dynamic environmental setting influencing the abundance and composition of its phytoplankton community. Dominating these oligohaline waters is a diverse representation and high abundance of freshwater filamentous and colonial cyanobacteria. These include the nonheterocystous Planktolyngbya contorta, Planktolyngbya limnetica, and Pseudanabaena limnetica, taxa implicated as bloom producers in Bay waters with N:P molar ratios ranging from 23:1 to 74:1.
Rights
© 2012 Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
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Original Publication Citation
Marshall, H. G. (2012). Cyanobacteria dominance in the oligohaline waters of Back Bay, Virginia. Castanea, 77(3), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.2179/11-046.
Repository Citation
Marshall, Harold G., "Cyanobacteria Dominance in the Oligohaline Waters of Back Bay, Virginia" (2012). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 509.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/509