Images
Images are not scaled. An individual that looks bigger than its neighbors might actually be smaller. See approximate size via the Observations section below. All images were made to fit within an area of 360px high and 200px wide.
Observations
Author: | Colleen Flanagan 2007 |
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Biovolume/cell | |
Length: | 5-10 µm |
Width: | 3-5 µm |
Description:
Cells are cylindrical, oblong, and broadly rounded poles, with a single flagellum arising from the anterior end.
Notes:
Green Lakes: Morphotype MX
Original Type Description
Author: | Scherffel 1912 |
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Biovolume/cell | |
Length: | |
Width: |
Original Description:
Secondary Description
Author: Prescott, G. W., 1979
Secondary Description:
Cells short-cylindric and broadly rounded at both poles; chloroplasts are 2, yellowish, broad, parietal plates with a single large pyrenoid each; in anterior end a contractile vacuole above which 1, relatively long and forward-dricted flagellum arises; posterior regions a cluster of elongate trichocysts, and laterally a red eye-spot.
Index Nominum Algarum (INA)*
*The INA is a bibliographic reference "card file" for algal taxonomy, containing nearly 200,000 names of algae (in the broad sense).
Taxonomy
Prescott, G. W. (1979). How to know the freshwater algae, 3rd Edition Dubuque: The Pictured Key Nature Series
Count Data
Bell, T.A. (2009). A shift in diatom composition due to increased weathering and nitrogen deposition Thesis (M.S.)--University of Colorado, 69 p. | Abstract
Lake | # samples | Basin | Region |
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Green Lake 4 | 17 | Green Lakes Valley | Silver Lakes Watershed |
# of samples = 17 with this taxon.
# of samples total = 187 with
or without this taxon.
Positions in lake
- lake center
Collection Types
Samp ID |
Lake Name |
Coll. Date |
Sample Depth (m) |
Position in Lake |
Region Name* |
Collection Type |
Citation (counts) |
Sample Notes |
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384 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-06 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
385 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-06 | 3.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
386 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-06 | 9.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
387 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-13 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
391 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-27 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
392 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-07-27 | 3.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
396 | Green Lake 4 | 2006-08-10 | 9.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
398 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-05 | 3.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
399 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-05 | 9.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
401 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-12 | 3.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
402 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-12 | 9.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
403 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-19 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
405 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-19 | 9.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
406 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-07-26 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
412 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-08-09 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
413 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-08-09 | 3.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short | |
415 | Green Lake 4 | 2007-08-16 | 0.0 | lake center | SLW | water | citation short |
Regions
SLW Silver Lakes Watershed, CO;