Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.30770393; 30770340);the National Major Program of Science and Technology for Water Pollution Control and Restoration in China (Nos.2009ZX07423-003,2009ZX07101-011);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China (No.06301361)
We used standard periphyton samplers to examine the colonization pattern of periphytic algae on artificial substrates (glass slides) in Lam Tsuen River, Hong Kong, in dry (winter) and wet (summer) seasons. In each sea...