Frances R. Pick

TL;DR: Cyanobacteria should not be treated as a single group when considering the potential effects of changes in nutrient loading on phytoplankton community structure and neither should the N2-fixing Nostocales, as the two most abundant potentially toxin producing Nostocale in this study were found in lakes with high N relative to P enrichment.

TL;DR: By measuring Chl a, zooplankton biomass, nutrient concentrations, and water residence time in 31 rivers in eastern Canada, the following hypotheses were tested: ChlA is positively related to nutrient concentrations and water residency time, and zoopLankton woody biomass is positive related to chl a andWater residence time.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that cyanobacterial biomass has declined in some managed lakes with reduced nutrient influx, and the larger spatio-temporal scale of sedimentary records show continued increases in cyanobacteria throughout the north temperate-subarctic regions.

TL;DR: Field data support the hypothesis that niche differentiation along the light spectrum promotes phytoplankton biodiversity, thus providing a colourful solution to the paradox of the plankton.

TL;DR: Competing path models on the full data set using the best variables selected by multiple linear regression show that nitrogen and temperature are indirectly linked to cyanobacteria by association with total algal biomass, which likely reflects changes in light climate and other secondary factors.