Floristic notes on plankton algae of Norris Lake (Tennessee, USA)

Tomáš Kalina 1 , Patricia L. Walne 2 & Václav Houk 3

Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany, Charles University, Benatskti 2, CZ-128 OJ Praha 2, Czech Republic
  2. Department of Botany, 437 Hesler Biology Building, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 7996-1100, Tennessee, USA
  3. Prague Water Supply and Sewerage Company, Podolskti 15, CZ-147 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Centric diatoms, silica- scaled chrysophytes and a desmid, Gonatozygon monotaenium, are the dominant components of the plankton algal community developed in autumn, 1998, in the Norris Lake (Tennessee, USA). This is the first and preliminary contribution to the Norris Lake phytoplankton.

Keywords

Phytoplankton, centric diatoms, desmid, Norris Lake, Tennessee, USA

How to cite

Kalina T., Walne P. L. & Houk V. (2001) Floristic notes on plankton algae of Norris Lake (Tennessee, USA). – Preslia 73: 121–126