Colonisation and community structure of benthic diatoms on artificial substrates following a major flood event: a case of the Kowie River (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Dalu, Tatenda; Froneman, P William; Chari, Lenin D; Richoux, Nicole B

Title: Colonisation and community structure of benthic diatoms on artificial substrates following a major flood event: a case of the Kowie River (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Creator: Dalu, Tatenda
Creator: Froneman, P William
Creator: Chari, Lenin D
Creator: Richoux, Nicole B
Date Issued: 2014
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143357
Identifier: vital:38239
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v40i3.10
Description: A major flooding event that occurred during October–November 2012 caused major changes in the Kowie River hydromorphology and aquatic communities. The aim of our study was to identify the environmental variables that structure riverine benthic diatom communities at upstream and downstream locations 25 km apart on the Kowie River, South Africa. This was undertaken using tiles as artificial substrates so that we could study how the communities developed after the flood disturbance. The diatom community structure was assessed over a 28-day period following a flood event in October 2012. The Mann Whitney test indicated that there was a statistically significant difference (p 0.05) in total dissolved solids, salinity, pH and oxygen reduction potential between the two sites. In total, 58 diatom species belonging to 30 genera were identified over the 28-day study.
Format: 10 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Water SA
Relation: Dalu, T., Froneman, P.W., Chari, L.D. and Richoux, N.B., 2014. Colonisation and community structure of benthic diatoms on artificial substrates following a major flood event: A case of the Kowie River (Eastern Cape, South Africa). Water SA, 40(3), pp.471-480.
Relation: Water SA volume 40 number 3 471 480 July 2014 1816-7950
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Water SA Open Access Statement

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