Figure 1.
Sampling sites in Lake Stechlin. Integrated water samples, above-sediment water, plankton (> 55 µm), and sediment were taken from pelagic locations. Surface water samples, reed plants (Phragmites australis), biofilm samples (from stone, wood and macrophytes) and benthic samples (detritus, macrozoobenthos) were taken from littoral locations.
Sampling
We sampled eight different habitat types (Table 1) at three time points encompassing spring and early summer 2010 (8–9 April; 11–12 May; and 9–10 June). Sampling was carried out relatively early in the year to avoid an over-representation of wood-degrading Basidiomycetesthat are introduced as airborne spores from the surrounding forest between July to November (personal observation). Our sampling scheme was