2019年12月19日 · Epilithic algae structure, dominated by diatoms, was significantly different with nutrient addition and light reduction. Nutrient addition increased the epilithic algae and diatom density, colonial life-forms, planktonic diatoms, and high …

2025年1月1日 · Epilithic algae dominate cover on coral reefs globally, forming a critical ecological interface between the benthos and reef organisms. Yet, the drivers of epilithic algal composition, and how composition relates to the distribution of key taxa, remain unclear.

Epiphytic : Algae that grow on plants and larger algae, which provide relatively firm substrata that are bigger than the epiphytic algae, but can be highly active metabolically and a great source of nutrients.

In upstream reaches, epilithic algae are one of the major primary producers and their biomass may alter the energy flow of food webs in stream ecosystems. However, the overgrowth of epilithic algae may deteriorate water quality.

The epilithic algae distribution along a pH gradient and the relationship between the chemical gradient and biomass development were studied in Río Agrio, a naturally acidic river located in Patagonia (Argentina).

to investigate the communities of endo- and epilithic terrestrial algae on the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. The following questions were addressed: 1. Is there geographic-scale variation in the community structure of endolithic and epilithic algae across the Escarpment? 2. Is there small-scale variation within sites, e.g. from

2019年7月8日 · Results showed that 103 species of epilithic algae belonging to 45 genera and 4 families are found in the 3 tributaries. This included 67 species belonging to 34 genus in the natural sections and 82 species (64 species in perennial backwater sections and 41 species in fluctuating backwater sections) belonging to 34 genera in the backwater sections.

2024年1月1日 · Comparisons of epilithic algal matrix characteristics between sites (A and C) and depths (B and D) in rocky reefs of Fernando de Noronha island, Brazil. First row represents graphs for algae biomass and the second row for trapped coarse particulates.

2018年8月13日 · Epilithon, a kind of rock-attached algae, plays an important role in the functioning of shallow aquatic ecosystems via its impacts on primary production, nutritional cycling and food web (Sand-Jensen and Borum 1991; APHA 1998; McCollum et al. 1998; Vadeboncoeur et al. 2003; Gaiser et al. 2006).

Epilithic algae dominate cover on coral reefs globally, forming a critical ecological interface between the benthos and reef organisms. Yet, the drivers of epilithic algal composition, and how composition relates to the distribution of key taxa, remain unclear.