Information
Ecological parameter: morpho-functional groups according to Salmaso & Padisak
Parameter group: life related parameters
Explanation:
The morpho-functional groups are a tool for the synoptic analyses of phytoplankton communities, particularly comparing different lakes.
Salmaso, N., & Padisak, J. (2007): Morpho-functional groups and phytoplankton development in two deep lakes (lake
Garda, Italy and lake Stechlin, Germany). Hydrobiologia 578: 97-112.
Abbreviations:
| Category name: | Abbreviations: | Explanation: |
|---|---|---|
| large colonial or unicellular Chrysophytes/Haptophytes | 1a | |
| large colonial or unicellular Dinophytes | 1b | |
| large colonial or unicellular Euglenophytes | 1c | |
| small unicellular Chrysophytes/Haptophytes | 2a | |
| small unicellular Dinophytes | 2b | |
| small unicellular Euglenophytes | 2c | |
| small unicellular Cryptophytes | 2d | |
| unicellular Phytomonadina | 3a | |
| colonial Phytomonadina | 3b | |
| unicellular Cyanobacteria | 4 | |
| thin filaments colonies - Oscillatoriales | 5a | |
| large vacuolated colonies - Chroococcales | 5b | |
| other large colonies, mostly non-vacuolated Chroococcales | 5c | |
| small colonies - Chroococcales | 5d | |
| colonies - Nostocales | 5e | |
| large Diatoms - Centrics | 6a | |
| large Diatoms - Pennates | 6b | |
| small Diatoms - Centrics | 7a | |
| small Diatoms - Pennates | 7b | |
| large unicells - unicellular Conjugatophytes/Chlorophytes | 8a | |
| large unicells - other groups | 8b | |
| small unicells - Conjugatophytes | 9a | |
| small unicells - Chlorococcales | 9b | |
| small unicells - Chrysophytes | 9c | |
| small unicells - other groups | 9d | |
| filaments - Chlorophytes | 10a | |
| filaments - Conjugatophytes | 10b | |
| filaments - Xanthophytes | 10c | |
| Chlorococcales - naked colonies | 11a | |
| Chlorococcales - gelatinous colonies | 11b | |
| other colonies | 11c |
| Taxagroup | Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage |
|---|---|
| Bacillariophyceae | 247 / 662 - 37.3% |
| Chlorophyceae | 332 / 621 - 53.4% |
| Choanoflagellata | 8 / 14 - 57.1% |
| Chrysophyceae | 60 / 165 - 36.3% |
| Coccolithophyceae | 1 / 5 - 20% |
| Conjugatophyceae | 62 / 299 - 20.7% |
| Coscinodiscophyceae | 70 / 117 - 59.8% |
| Cryptophyceae | 19 / 31 - 61.2% |
| Cyanophyceae | 134 / 246 - 54.4% |
| Dictyochophyceae | 3 / 7 - 42.8% |
| Dinophyceae | 33 / 71 - 46.4% |
| Euglenophyceae | 21 / 69 - 30.4% |
| Fragilariophyceae | 36 / 87 - 41.3% |
| Klebsormidiophyceae | 8 / 11 - 72.7% |
| Mediophyceae | 3 / 3 - 100% |
| Prasinophyceae | 4 / 13 - 30.7% |
| Protozoa | 1 / 8 - 12.5% |
| Trebouxiophyceae | 9 / 16 - 56.2% |
| Ulvophyceae | 3 / 9 - 33.3% |
| Xanthophyceae | 15 / 45 - 33.3% |