Great Basin Naturalist
Abstract
Diatoms from core samples obtained from the edge of Lily Lake, Summit County, Utah, were studied. Populations from each 15 cm of the core and niche metrics of the important species were analyzed. This study demonstrates four periods of history in the lake as mirrored by the diatom populations. The first period was mesotrophic and alkaline. This graded into an acidic, dystrophic period which in turn yielded again to a mesotrophic alkaline period. The most recent period can be characterized by a return to dystrophy.
Recommended Citation
Jatkar, Shobha A.; Rushforth, Samuel R.; and Brotherson, Jack D.
(1979)
"Diatom floristics and succession in a peat bog near Lily Lake, Summit County, Utah,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 39:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol39/iss1/2