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Table 2 Summary of major phytoplankton taxa responses to 2006 summer nutrient enrichment assays.

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

Taxon

Alk

Clear

CW

ED

Grg

Stk

Gomphosphaeria

none

N+P > C

N+P, N>C

--

none

--

Microcystis

none

--

none

--

--

--

Sphaerocystis

N+P > N>C

none

--

none

--

--

Nodularia

N+P, P > C

--

--

--

N+P, P > C

--

Synechocystis

N+P > N, Fe>C

--

N+P > N>C

N+P, N>C

N+P > N, P > C

none

Chroococcus

N+P > N>C

--

--

--

--

--

Rhodomonas

N+P > N>C

--

--

--

--

--

Scenedesmus

--

N+P > P > C

--

--

--

--

Cyclotella quillensis

--

--

N+P > C

N+P, N>Fe>C

N+P > C

none

Unknown chlorophyte C

--

--

--

N+P, N>C

--

--

Lyngbya

--

--

--

none

--

--

Ceratium

--

--

--

only in Fe, C

--

--

Navicula

--

--

--

--

N+P > P > N>C

none

Merismopedia

--

--

--

--

N+P > C

--

Cyclotella choctowatcheeana

--

--

--

--

--

none

Pseudanabaena

--

--

--

--

--

N+P > N>P > C

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