Freshwater phytoplankton
Phytoplankton occurring in freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater phytoplankton is the phytoplankton occurring in freshwater ecosystems. It can be distinguished between limnoplankton (lake phytoplankton), heleoplankton (phytoplankton in ponds), and potamoplankton (river phytoplankton). They differ in size as the environment around them changes. They are affected negatively by the change in salinity...