Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > The horizontal distribution of plankton in a de...

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article

Published

Standard

The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland. / Jones, R. I.; Fulcher, A. S.; Jayakody, J. K. U. et al.
In: Freshwater Biology, Vol. 33, No. 2, 04.1995, p. 161-170.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article

Harvard

Jones, RI, Fulcher, AS, Jayakody, JKU, Laybourn-Parry, J, Shine, AJ, Walton, MC & Young, JM 1995, 'The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland.', Freshwater Biology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x

APA

Jones, R. I., Fulcher, A. S., Jayakody, J. K. U., Laybourn-Parry, J., Shine, A. J., Walton, M. C., & Young, J. M. (1995). The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland. Freshwater Biology, 33(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x

Vancouver

Jones RI, Fulcher AS, Jayakody JKU, Laybourn-Parry J, Shine AJ, Walton MC et al. The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland. Freshwater Biology. 1995 Apr;33(2):161-170. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x

Author

Jones, R. I. ; Fulcher, A. S. ; Jayakody, J. K. U. et al. / The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland. In: Freshwater Biology. 1995 ; Vol. 33, No. 2. pp. 161-170.

Bibtex

@article{f6c8b23e91464ae48066969574c11743,
title = "The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland.",
abstract = "1. The horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness, a deep, oligotrophic lake with a simple trench morphometry, was studied on three occasions in 1993. Samples were collected from ten stations spaced along the length of the loch and the abundance of algae, bacteria, protozoa, rotifers and crustacean zooplankton was determined. 2. Horizontal variability was found to be greatest for the metazoan zooplankton and for the algae, especially two cryptomonad flagellates. Bacteria and heterotrophic protozoa showed relatively little horizontal variability. The degree of horizontal variability was not sufficient seriously to affect studies of the seasonality of plankton abundance conducted from a single sampling station. 3. Gradients of plankton distribution along the length of the loch were dependent on the recent wind history. The direction of the gradient could readily reverse with a shift in wind direction. These results indicate that the horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness is more dependent on wind-induced water circulation patterns than on differential growth of plankton in water masses of differing chemistry.",
author = "Jones, {R. I.} and Fulcher, {A. S.} and Jayakody, {J. K. U.} and J. Laybourn-Parry and Shine, {A. J.} and Walton, {M. C.} and Young, {J. M.}",
year = "1995",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
pages = "161--170",
journal = "Freshwater Biology",
issn = "1365-2427",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The horizontal distribution of plankton in a deep, oligotrophic lake—Loch Ness, Scotland.

AU - Jones, R. I.

AU - Fulcher, A. S.

AU - Jayakody, J. K. U.

AU - Laybourn-Parry, J.

AU - Shine, A. J.

AU - Walton, M. C.

AU - Young, J. M.

PY - 1995/4

Y1 - 1995/4

N2 - 1. The horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness, a deep, oligotrophic lake with a simple trench morphometry, was studied on three occasions in 1993. Samples were collected from ten stations spaced along the length of the loch and the abundance of algae, bacteria, protozoa, rotifers and crustacean zooplankton was determined. 2. Horizontal variability was found to be greatest for the metazoan zooplankton and for the algae, especially two cryptomonad flagellates. Bacteria and heterotrophic protozoa showed relatively little horizontal variability. The degree of horizontal variability was not sufficient seriously to affect studies of the seasonality of plankton abundance conducted from a single sampling station. 3. Gradients of plankton distribution along the length of the loch were dependent on the recent wind history. The direction of the gradient could readily reverse with a shift in wind direction. These results indicate that the horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness is more dependent on wind-induced water circulation patterns than on differential growth of plankton in water masses of differing chemistry.

AB - 1. The horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness, a deep, oligotrophic lake with a simple trench morphometry, was studied on three occasions in 1993. Samples were collected from ten stations spaced along the length of the loch and the abundance of algae, bacteria, protozoa, rotifers and crustacean zooplankton was determined. 2. Horizontal variability was found to be greatest for the metazoan zooplankton and for the algae, especially two cryptomonad flagellates. Bacteria and heterotrophic protozoa showed relatively little horizontal variability. The degree of horizontal variability was not sufficient seriously to affect studies of the seasonality of plankton abundance conducted from a single sampling station. 3. Gradients of plankton distribution along the length of the loch were dependent on the recent wind history. The direction of the gradient could readily reverse with a shift in wind direction. These results indicate that the horizontal distribution of plankton in Loch Ness is more dependent on wind-induced water circulation patterns than on differential growth of plankton in water masses of differing chemistry.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1995.tb01157.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 33

SP - 161

EP - 170

JO - Freshwater Biology

JF - Freshwater Biology

SN - 1365-2427

IS - 2

ER -