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Vol. 60 No. 1 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2001.19

Comparison between sedimentary and living diatoms in Lago Maggiore (N. Italy): implications of using transfer functions

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Received: 9 December 2011
Accepted: 9 December 2011
Published: 1 February 2001
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diatoms, sediment, plankton, Lago Maggiore

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Aldo MARCHETTO
a.marchetto@iii.to.cnr.it
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Simona MUSAZZI
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We compared the recent history of living planktonic diatom assemblages in Lago Maggiore with the remains found in the topmost section of 14 sediment cores taken from the lake. Sediment samples showed a marked domination of planktonic taxa, but a significant proportion of benthic taxa was found in cores collected close to river mouths. Between-core variability in diatom assemblage and in diatom-inferred total phosphorus concentration was also estimated. The implications of our results for calibration data sets relating environmental variables to diatom assemblages are also discussed.

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MARCHETTO A, MUSAZZI S. Comparison between sedimentary and living diatoms in Lago Maggiore (N. Italy): implications of using transfer functions. J Limnol [Internet]. 2001 Feb. 1 [cited 2026 Oct. 4];60(1):19-26. Available from: https://www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2001.19