Precipitation Mediates the Distribution but Not the Taxonomic Composition of Phytoplankton Communities in a Tributary of Three Gorges Reservoir
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Site and Sampling Methods
2.2. Data Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Precipitation on Water Quality
3.2. Effects of Precipitation on Hydrodynamics
3.3. Phytoplankton Assemblage Dynamics
3.4. Structural Equation Model (SEM)
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Peng, C.; Qin, H.; Wang, K.; Bi, Y. Precipitation Mediates the Distribution but Not the Taxonomic Composition of Phytoplankton Communities in a Tributary of Three Gorges Reservoir. Plants 2021, 10, 1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091800
Peng C, Qin H, Wang K, Bi Y. Precipitation Mediates the Distribution but Not the Taxonomic Composition of Phytoplankton Communities in a Tributary of Three Gorges Reservoir. Plants. 2021; 10(9):1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091800
Chicago/Turabian StylePeng, Chengrong, Hongjie Qin, Kan Wang, and Yonghong Bi. 2021. "Precipitation Mediates the Distribution but Not the Taxonomic Composition of Phytoplankton Communities in a Tributary of Three Gorges Reservoir" Plants 10, no. 9: 1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091800