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- Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems...
- in streams. Understanding the potential mechanisms involving benthic periphyton and the effects on heterogeneity within a stream may provide a better...
- biological layer formed on the surface of a slow sand filter and a form of periphyton. The schmutzdecke is the layer that provides the effective purification...
- choose these locations for nesting. Where there is more room, periphyton grows. Periphyton supports larval insects and amphibians, which in turn are consumed...
- changing environmental conditions. Algae, consisting of phytoplankton and periphyton, are the most significant sources of primary production in most streams...
- legs. Some species are s****ers, feeding on the film of algae and other periphyton that grows on underwater objects in sunlight. Others are shredder-herbivores...
- and marine environments. They are mostly benthic and live within the periphyton, the layer of tiny organisms and detritus that is found on the seabed...
- found in soils, and in aquatic ones, it commonly grows as part of the periphyton on aquatic plants. The genus is heterocystous (nitrogen-fixing) cyanobacteria...
- Sphaerotilus natans is an aquatic periphyton bacterial organism ****ociated with polluted water. These tightly sheathed filamentous bacteria colonies are...
- traps often collect a diversity of microplankton and detritus. When this periphyton is dissolved into basic nutrients within the bladder environment, bacterial...