Environmental variables and plankton communities in the pelagic of lakes [Elektronische Ressource] : enclosure experiment and comparative lake survey / Stella A. Berger

Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Diehl Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Gabriel Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 24.11.2005 Environmental variables and plankton communities in the pelagic of lakes: enclosure experiment and comparative lake survey Stella A. Berger Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München März 2005 Table of contents 1 Table of contents Table of contents........................................................................................................ 1 Summary .................................................................................................................... 2 Zusammenfassung ..................................................................................................... 4 Introduction................................................................................................................. 6 Summary of the articles.............................................................................................13 Article 1 Effects of mixing depth and background turbidity on phytoplankton biomass, light and nutrients .............................................................................................. 13 Article 2 Light supply, plankton biomass and seston stoichiometry in a gradient of lake mixing depths........................................