Multivariate Approaches to Algal Stratagems and Tactics in Systems Analysis of Phytoplankton
1973
Allen, T. F. H. | Koonce, J. F.
Numerical classifications and principal components ordinations were performed on species from 57 weekly samples of photoplankton from Lake Wingra. The data were considered in absolute and relative terms before and after transformation to presence/absence and logarithmic quantities. The data were also analyzed, taking into account growth rates in the samples, by means of a transformation that replaced the scores of species present by the productivity of the sample as determined by C_(14) uptake/biomass. It is shown that different transformations can reveal different but biologically meaningful aspects of the data. These different biological aspects are species similarities based on either short—term survival expedients in particular environmental circumstances, species tactics, or long—range growth patterns, involving breadth of tolerance and place in the community, that is, species stratagems. Most phytoplankton species in Lake Wingra adopt one of three stratagems: either ungrazed, slow—growing and very persistent, or ungrazed, fast—growing and of intermediate duration, or grazed fast—growing and ephemeral. Tactical information is relevant to particular systems, while strategic information is needed in ecosystem comparison and for models applicable to several systems.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by National Agricultural Library