Diatom communities in thermo-mineral springs of Galicia (NW Spain)

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Diatom communities in thermo-mineral springs of Galicia (NW Spain)Date
2017-03-02Citation
Leira M, Meijide-Failde R, Torres E. Diatom communities in thermo-mineral springs of Galicia (NW Spain). Diatom Res. 2017;32(1):29-42
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[Abstract] The species composition of diatom assemblages was studied in five unpolluted thermo-mineral springs in Galicia (NW Spain). Three are considered hot and two cold, and some contain hydrogen sulphide. A total of 68 taxa (24 genera) have been recorded. The Shannon–Wiener diversity index (H′) ranged between 0.63 and 2.01. The nMDS ordination showed that diatom assemblage composition was influenced mostly by conductivity, temperature and hydrogen sulphide concentration. Diatom assemblages found in the Galician springs differed from those in springs of other geographical locations with similar physical and chemical characteristics. The most species-rich genera were Nitzschia and Achnanthidium with 10 and 8 species, respectively. Achnanthidium exiguum and Achnanthidium saprophilum had the widest distribution. Denticula thermalis and Achnanthidium caledonicum were found in environments with relatively low mineralization and low temperature, whereas Rhopalodia gibberula, Rhopalodia operculata and Fragilaria crotonensis were found in mineral-rich springs with high temperatures. Achnanthidium exiguum, A. saprophilum, Achnanthes coarctata, Achnanthes exigua var. elliptica, Mayamaea atomus, Eunotia implicata, Gomphonema minusculum, Gomphonema minutum and Cosmioneis pusilla were present in the spring with high H2S content.
Keywords
Biodiversity
Diatoms
Environmental parameters
Galicia
Thermo-mineral springs
Thermal-sulphur waters
Diatoms
Environmental parameters
Galicia
Thermo-mineral springs
Thermal-sulphur waters
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in "Diatom Research" on 2 March 2017, avaliable online at Taylor & Francis Online.
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0269-249X