Periphyton of Freshwater Ecosystems: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Periphyton of Freshwater Ecosystems held in Vaxjo, Sweden, 14–17 September 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Opening speech....Pages 1-2
Opening remarks....Pages 3-4
Dynamics of periphytic communities....Pages 5-10
Seasonal changes in the taxonomic composition of epiphytic algal communities in Lake Wingra, Wisconsin, U.S.A.....Pages 11-16
A comparison of the periphytic communities in two sections of the Danube River....Pages 17-22
Phytosociological associations of algal periphyton....Pages 23-30
Development and dynamics of floating clusters of filamentous algae....Pages 31-39
A comparison of the periphyton of Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba ....Pages 41-47
Structural investigations of periphytic protozoan communities in three layers of the Danube River....Pages 49-54
Structural investigations of periphytic protozoan communities in three layers of the Danube River....Pages 55-58
Seasonal changes in diatom-structure of periphyton from two localities in Lake Maarsseveen: community indices....Pages 59-61
Physical and chemical parameters regulating growth of periphytic communities....Pages 63-71
Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships of epilithic algae measured in the laboratory and in situ ....Pages 73-87
Selective light attenuation by the periphyton complex....Pages 89-96
Influence of current velocity on periphyton distribution....Pages 97-99
Nitrogen fixation in periphyton of oligotrophic Lake Tahoe....Pages 101-109
Direct examination of growing filaments to determine phosphate growth kinetics in Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz and Stigeoclonium tenue (Agardh) Kütz....Pages 111-119
Development of nuisance periphytic algae in laboratory streams in relation to enrichment and velocity....Pages 121-134
Factors regulating the spatial and temporal distribution of Cladophora and Ulothrix in the Laurentian Great Lakes....Pages 135-145
Uptake and accumulation of some nutrient elements in relation to the biomass of an epilithic community....Pages 147-151
Dynamics of epiphytic communities on Equisetum fluviatile L.....Pages 153-160
Littoral zone production of oligotrophic lakes....Pages 161-167
Biomass and production of periphyton attached to dead reed stems in Lake Maarsseveen....Pages 169-173
Seasonal changes in organic matter and dark oxygen uptake of epiphyton and epipelon in relation to seston deposition in Lake Vechten (The Netherlands)....Pages 175-183
Studies on periphyton community dynamics of acidic streams using track autoradiography....Pages 185-189
A geomorphic approach for examining the role of periphyton in large watersheds....Pages 191-198
Adaptations to benthic freshwater herbivory....Pages 199-205
Attached algal-substrata interactions: fact or myth, and when and how?....Pages 207-215
An investigation of macrophyte, epiphyte and grazer interactions....Pages 217-226
Potential effect of Myriophyllum spicatum on the primary production of phytoplankton....Pages 227-233
Exchange of phosphorus between water, macrophytes and epiphytic periphyton in the littoral of Mikolajskie Lake, Poland....Pages 235-243
Methodology: the key to understanding periphyton....Pages 245-251
A light and dark trough methodology for measuring rates of lotic periphyton settlement and net growth....Pages 253-265
The application of a nuclear track autoradiographic technique to the study of periphyton photosynthesis....Pages 267-273
A method for measuring the dehydrogenase activity of river periphyton....Pages 275-281
Artificial substrata for reducing periphytic variability on replicated samples....Pages 283-286
A rapid extraction technique for photosynthetic pigments and ATP from periphyton communities....Pages 287-289
Periphyton pigment analyses using paper chromatography....Pages 291-298
The utilization of periphyton in waterworks pre-treatment for nutrient removal from enriched influents....Pages 299-303
Nutrient removal by epiphytic microorganisms of Phragmites communis ....Pages 305-310
Effects of agricultural wastewater on benthic algae in ditches in the Netherlands....Pages 311-319
Attached and suspended bacterial populations in shallow running waters under different levels of pollution....Pages 321-330
A study of the periphyton of Lake Saimaa, polluted by waste waters of the pulp industry....Pages 331-335
Concluding remarks....Pages 337-338
Recommendations for future research on periphyton....Pages 339-346