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Table 1 Summary of major phytoplankton taxa responses to 2006 spring nutrient enrichment assays.

From: Patterns of seasonal phytoplankton distribution in prairie saline lakes of the northern Great Plains (U.S.A.)

Taxon

Alk

CW

ED

FP

Stk

Surirella

none

--

--

--

--

Cyclotella quillensis

none

--

--

N+P, N> P > C

none

Gomphosphaeria

none

--

N+P, N>C

only in C, Fe, P

--

Nodularia

none

--

--

--

--

Pediastrum

none

--

--

--

--

Nitzschia

only in N+P

--

--

N+P, N>C

N>N+P > C

Chroococcus

--

N+P > all

N+P, N>C

N+P > N> P, Fe>C

N+P, Fe>N, N+P > P > C

Synura

--

N+P, N > C

--

--

--

Schroederia

--

N+P > N>C

--

N+P, N>C

--

Navicula

--

N+P > C

--

N+P, N>C

none

Cyclotella menighiniana

--

only in N+P

--

--

--

Synechocystis

--

--

--

N+P, N>C

--

Aphanocapsa/Gomphosphaeria

--

--

--

--

N+P, N>C

Stephanodiscus niagaraea

--

--

decrease in N, N+P

--

--

Ankistrodesmus sp

--

--

N+P, N>Fe>C

--

--

Sphaerocystis

--

--

only in N+P, N (=)

--

--

Unknown chlorophyte A

--

--

only in N+P > N

--

--

Unknown chlorophyte B

--

--

only in N+P, N (=)

--

--

  1. none = no treatments significantly greater than the control
  2. -- = not present in lake
  3. (Alk = Alkaline Lake, CW = Coldwater Lake, ED = East Devil's Lake, FP = Free People Lake, Stk = Stink Lake).