REPS Periphyton Taxonomy

Periphyton is a complex assemblage of organisms as a biofilm composed of algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, detritus, and other organisms. Monitoring periphyton is a strong indicator for short term impacts on periphyton communities and the systems that rely on them. Periphyton was sampled in the open water season of 2013 (July, August, October) Sample sites are on a gradient moving closer in proximity to industry to delineate effects of natural and anthropogenic contaminants. This periphyton was sampled using the standard area-delimited method.

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REPS Periphyton Taxonomy (2013)XLSX
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Alternate Title/Name
Creator	OSM Representative Sub-basin Study (REPS)
Contributor	University of Calgary, University of Alberta
Publisher	University of Calgary
Subject	Aquatic Biology
Group/Subgroup	Benthic Organisms
Parameters	Taxonomy
Data Type	Discrete
Frequency	Open water season monthly
Temporal Coverage Begins	2013-07-18
Temporal Coverage Ends	2013-09-19
Spatial Coverage
Spatial Projection
Usage Considerations or Constraints	Identification was done by the lab of Dr. Rolf Vinebrooke at the University of Alberta.
Source/Citation
Relation	REPS Periphyton Productivity & method comparison
Extent
Format	xlsx
Resouce Type	Spreadsheet
Language
OSM Asset?	Y
Contact Email	david.barrett@ucalgary.ca