Phytoplankton index of biotic integrity for Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries |
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Authors: | Richard V Lacouture Jacqueline M Johnson Claire Buchanan Harold G Marshall |
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Institution: | (1) Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA |
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Abstract: | A Phytoplankton Index of Biotic Integrity (P-IBI) was developed from data collected during 18 yr 91985–2002) of the Chesapeake
Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), orthophosphate (PO4), and Secchi depth were used to characterize phytoplankton habitat conditions. Low DIN and PO4 concentrations and high Secchi depths characterized least-impaire conditions. Thirty-eight phytoplankton metrics were tested
for their ability to discriminate between impaired and least-impaired habitat conditions. Twelve discriminatory metrics were
chosen, and different combinations of these twelve metrics were scored and used to create phytoplankton community indexes
for spring and summer in the four salinity regimes in Chesapeake Bay. The scoring criteria for each metric were based on the
distribution of the metric’s values in least-impaired conditions relative to the distribution in impaired conditions. An independent
data set and jackknife validation procedure were used to examine P-IBI performance. The P-IBI correctly classified 70.0–84.4%
of the impaired and least-impaired samples, grouped by season and salinity, in the calibration data set. The P-IBI is a management
tool to assess phytoplankton community status relative to estuarine nutrient and light conditions. |
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