A Volvox colony from a freshwater lake in British Columbia, Canada.
A Volvox colony from a freshwater lake in British Columbia, Canada. Volvox is a genus of green algae that forms colonies of numerous cells. A recent survey of lakes in British Columbia found that richness and composition of zooplankton, phytoplankton, and bacterial communities are regulated independently among lakes and respond to different environmental variables. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecology (88:7) in July of 2007.
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| Url | http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/06-1448.1 |
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| Temporal and geographic description | Salmon Lake, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. |
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| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
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| Pedagogical Use Description | This photograph can be used to illustrate Volvox or freshwater phytoplankton. |
| Keywords | Volvox, lake, freshwater, aquatic, phytoplankton |
| Key taxa | Volvox |
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| Primary Author Affiliation | Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia |
| Primary Author email | alongmuir@rescan.com |
| Rights | Copyright 2007 by the Ecological Society of America. |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2008-04-08 |
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