[en] In order to be protected, biodiversity must be evaluated. For cyanobacteria, the traditional morphological measures of biodiversity are unsatisfactory.
We utilize molecular markers (like SSU rRNA) to define taxa on the basis of phylogeny. In freshwater ecosystems huge populations of cyanobacteria can occur. These blooms may release toxins that make the water poisonous. A second part of the study is to compare the temporal dynamics of biodiversity in both natural and disturbed lakes. This comparative analysis requires the use of ecological indexes to summarise the diversity of the samples and allow inferences about the ecosystem to be made.
Research center :
Biological Sciences from Molecules to Systems - inBioS- Centre for Protein Engineering
Disciplines :
Microbiology Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Lara, Yannick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Early Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology
Wilmotte, Annick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Sivonen, Karina
De Bellis, Gianluca
Kuuppo, Pirjo
Ventura, Stefano
Montarani, Beatrice
Henderson, Peter
Hoffmann, Lucien
Zalewski, Maciej
Komárek, Jiri
Language :
English
Title :
Metadata compilation for the MIDI-CHIP dataset
Publication date :
17 October 2018
Journal title :
Freshwater Metadata Journal
eISSN :
2312-6604
Publisher :
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria
Name of the research project :
MIDI-CHIP EVK2-CT-1999-00026 and SAFRED
Funders :
CE - Commission Européenne [BE] Politique Scientifique Fédérale (Belgique) - BELSPO
Commentary :
The associated Molecular dataset was deposited in ORBI: http://hdl.handle.net/2268/228148 The database was deposited in ORBI: DB access format: http://hdl.handle.net/2268/228149
