Isle of Lismore lochs: preliminary study - Aug. 2016
(samples collected by D Jardine)

Lismore lies in the Firth of Lorn and is more fertile than most of the nearby Scottish mainland or islands, due to its limestone geology.
Its name in Gaelic means ' the big garden'. It contains 3 major lochs which have quite deep, fairly clear waters.

 

		Kilcheran Loch	Loch Balnagowan	Loch Fiart
		NM 830394	NM 858426	NM 812379
	pH (paper)	7-8	7-8	7-8
Anabaena sp.
Caloneis amphisbaena	;			+
Calothrix			+
Ceratium			+
Chaetophora incrassata			+
Chara sp.		+		+
Closterium aciculare				+
Cosmarium botrytis			+
Cosmarium moniliforme			+	+
Cylindrocystis				+
Cymatopleura solea				+
Cymbella aspera			+
Dichothrix			+
Diploneis ovalis				+
Encyonema		+		+
Epithemia adnata		+
Fragilaria			+
Gloeocystis			+
Gomphonema		+
Hyalotheca				+
Mallomonas			+
Microcystis			+
Mougeotia 8 µm			+	+
Mougeotia 16 µm		+	+	+
Mougeotia 20µm		+		+
Mougeotia 24µm			+
Navicula gregaria				+
Navicula lanceolata				+
Navicula oblonga				+
Navicula radiosa			+
Navicula reinhardtii				+
Nitzschia recta				+
Nitzschia scalaris				+
Oedogonium 15µm			+
Oscillatoria 8µm		+		+
Pediastrum		+	+
Pediastrum boryanum			+
Scenedesmus			+
Spirogyra 11µm			+
Spirogyra 17µm		+	+
Spirogyra 21µm			+	+
Staurastrum
Staurastrum cingulum v. obesum			+
Staurodesmus dejectus fo. apiculatus				+
Tabellaria fenestrata v. asterionelloides		+
Tolypothrix			+	+
Zygnema 20µm		+		+
Zygnema 27µm				+

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John Kinross