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. 2017 Oct 23;7:13770. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13159-9

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Long-term (1977 to 2016) trends in seasonal successions of abundant algae and their potentially limiting substrates. (a) Abundances of centric diatoms, (b) pennate diatoms, (c) cryptophytes, (d) and biomass of Planktothrix rubescens (n = 480 for all parameters) during characteristic phenological phases (gray-white boxes). Classification of phases followed the terminology of the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) model published by Sommer et al.15. Epilimnetic (0–20 m) concentrations of (e) silica, (f) orthophosphate-P and (g) nitrate-N (n = 480 for each parameter). All parameters were calculated as depth-volume weighted averages for the water column between 0 and 20 m depth.