Spatial-temporal variation of the community structure of periphytic algae at the micro-basin La Vega, municipio de San Roque (Antioquia), Colombia
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community structure, current, periphytic algae, stream, substrateAbstract
From August 2001 to September 2002 three sampling points and four field campaigns were accomplished in order to study the community structure of the periphytic algae at the stream “La Vega”. The 31 algae genera found in La Vega belong to four divisions, from which the Bacillariophyta showed the largest number of individuals and genera. Most of these genera did not show important variations of relative abundance. The results from the cluster analysis, diversity index and its components exhibited a high spatial and temporal similarity of the algae community structure. In spite of the fact that most of the environmental variables did not show a significant difference between sampling points and sampling periods, it found that the combination of high light intensity and the availability of hard substrates and nutrients might be influencing the algae density at sampling point number three.
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