The phrase "algal community structure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in scientific or ecological contexts when discussing the composition and organization of algal species in a particular environment.
Example: "The study focused on the algal community structure in the freshwater lake, revealing significant diversity among the species present."
Alternatives: "algal population composition" or "structure of algal communities".
As expected, top-down control was the primary determinant of algal community structure in this system, controlling abundance and diversity of macrophytes on the upper shore.
Nutrients also influence algal community structure, and individual species often have different nutrient requirements (Hecky and Kilham 1988; Borchardt 1996).
Both N and P limitations can occur due to alterations of algal community structure (Tank and Dodds 2003).
We present data only from the unenriched cinderblocks as the nutrient enrichment had minimal effects on algal community structure (D.E.B. and M.E.H. unpub. data).
Changes in algal community structure have also occurred; for example, the reported Lake Tanganyika cyanobacteria-chrysophytes-chlorophytes community of 1975 was replaced by a cyanobacteria-chlorophytes-diatom community (34 ).
Changes in the structure and productivity of the algal community may induce direct structural changes in the rest of the ecosystem and/or indirectly affect the ecosystem by affecting water quality (Nyholm and Petersen 1997 ).
Algal and bacterial community structures were assessed by microscopy and T-RFLP, respectively, and the two experiments were different but revealed similar temporal dynamics.
Algal and cyanobacteria community structures were analysed using the amplicon-metagenomic method.
These mesocosms were assessed for algal, bacterial, protozoan, and invertebrate population and community structure and function.
Because massive corals grow more slowly than branching corals, episodes of mass mortality of branching corals inhabited by algal gardeners may leave an enduring imprint on community structure, continuing long after the branching corals reestablish themselves and the damselfishes move back into them and away from their suboptimal microhabitats.
The resulting chronically degraded conditions of nutrient overenrichment, while not as extreme as during a major waste spill, stimulate algal blooms and long-term shifts in phytoplankton community structure from desirable species (e.g., diatoms) to noxious species.
