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ArticleScientific reports2016

Importance of sampling frequency when collecting diatoms.

Naicheng Wu, Claas Faber, Xiuming Sun, Yueming Qu, Chao Wang, Snjezana Ivetic, Tenna Riis, Uta Ulrich, Nicola Fohrer

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Naicheng WuDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Claas FaberDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Xiuming SunDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Yueming QuDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Chao WangPearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, 510380 Guangzhou, China.
Snjezana IveticMarine Science and Engineering, Red Sea Research Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Tenna RiisDepartment of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Uta UlrichDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Nicola FohrerDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany.

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Abstract

There has been increasing interest in diatom-based bio-assessment but we still lack a comprehensive understanding of how to capture diatoms' temporal dynamics with an appropriate sampling frequency (ASF). To cover this research gap, we collected and analyzed daily riverine diatom samples over a 1-year period (25 April 2013-30 April 2014) at the outlet of a German lowland river. The samples were classified into five clusters (1-5) by a Kohonen Self-Organizing Map (SOM) method based on similarity between species compositions over time. ASFs were determined to be 25 days at Cluster 2 (June-July 2013) and 13 days at Cluster 5 (February-April 2014), whereas no specific ASFs were found at Cluster 1 (April-May 2013), 3 (August-November 2013) (>30 days) and Cluster 4 (December 2013 - January 2014) (<1 day). ASFs showed dramatic seasonality and were negatively related to hydrological wetness conditions, suggesting that sampling interval should be reduced with increasing catchment wetness. A key implication of our findings for freshwater management is that long-term bio-monitoring protocols should be developed with the knowledge of tracking algal temporal dynamics with an appropriate sampling frequency.

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