Manual Fitoplancton

A Phytoplankton Methods Manual for Australian Freshwaters

Gertraud Hötzel and Roger Croome

Published by:

Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation GPO Box 2182 Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: (02) 6257 3379 Facsimile: (02) 6257 3420 Email: public@lwrrdc.gov.au WebSite: www.lwrrdc.gov.au

© LWRRDC Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication has beenpublished by LWRRDC to assist public knowledge and discussion and to help improve the sustainable management of land, water and vegetation. Where technical information has been prepared by or contributed by authors external to the Corporation, readers should contact the author(s), and conduct their own enquiries, before making use of that information. ‘A Phytoplankton Methods Manual for AustralianFreshwaters’, LWRRDC Occasional Paper 22/99. Ms Gertraud Hötzel and Dr Roger Croome Department of Environmental Management and Ecology La Trobe University Albury–Wodonga Campus P.O. Box 821 Wodonga VIC 3689 Telephone: (02) 6058 3885 Facsimile: (02) 6058 3888 Email: thotzel@awcnet.aw.latrobe.edu.au r.croome@aw.latrobe.edu.au

Publication data: Authors:

ISSN 1320-0992 ISBN 0 642 267715 Editing andlayout: Printing: October 1999 Green Words & Images, Canberra

Contents

Glossary ..................................................................................................................................................vi List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ viiiAcknowledgments ............................................................................................................................... viii Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Objectives of phytoplankton monitoring ........................................................................................ 5
2.1 Objectives of the phytoplankton methods manual ....................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Objectives of phytoplankton sampling......................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Design of phytoplankton monitoring programs ........................................................................................................... 6

3. Taking samples................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Sampling in rivers ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 3.1.1 Site selection .................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.2 Location within the river.................................................................................................................................. 8 3.1.3 Sampling methodology .................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Sampling in standing waters....................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2.1 Site selection .................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.2.2 Sampling methodology .................................................................................................................................. 12 3.3...