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MSc AEM
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Algal
List, Millport reservoirs, October 2005
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Napier University
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Collected during the MSc Aquatic Ecosystem Management's October 2005 field trip to the Marine Station
(For previous years' results: click on the year 2002 2003 2004)
The class remit was to perform a microbiological examination of the tourist beaches, then come up with (theoretical) design recommendations for sewage treatment, and for drinking water purification based on an old reservoir. We sampled the algae as a guide to the quality of the fresh water supply. Camphill reservoir, in the hills near Largs, is the source of the current water supply for Cumbrae piped under the channel).
Relative abundance of the algae is scored: abundant=a, common=c, frequent=f, rare=r
Reservoirs |
Camphill |
Millport upper |
Millport Lower |
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pH |
6.3 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
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Conductivity µS |
60 |
213 |
239 |
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| Species | Group |
net plankton |
net plankton |
periphyton |
net plankton |
periphyton |
| Anabaena sp. | Cyano |
a |
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| Aphanizomenon sp. | Cyano |
r |
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| Asterionella formosa | diatom |
c |
a/c |
f |
f |
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| Aulacoseira sp. | diatom |
f/c |
f/c |
c |
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| Botryococcus sp. | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Ceratium hirundinella | Dinoflagellate |
r |
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| Closterium kuetzingii | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Closterium moniliferum | Chlorophyte |
r |
r |
f/c |
r |
r |
| Coelastrum sphaericum | Chlorophyte |
r |
f/c |
r |
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| Coelosphaerium | Cyanobacteria |
c |
c |
c |
r |
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| Cosmarium punctatulum | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Cosmarium turpinii v. podolicum | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Cymbella sp. | Diatom |
r |
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| Desmidium swartzii | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Diatoma vulgaris | Diatom |
f |
r/f |
f/c |
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| Fragilaria capucina | Diatom |
r |
f |
f |
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| Gomphonema truncatum | Diatom |
f |
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| Gonatozygon kinahanii | Chlorophyte |
r |
f |
r |
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| Mallomonas caudata | Chrysophyte |
f/c |
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| Microcystis sp. | Cyanobacteria |
r |
r |
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| Mougeotia 5µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Mougeotia 11µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
f/c |
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| Mougeotia 17µm. | Chlorophyte |
f |
f/c |
f |
f |
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| Mougeotia 20µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Nitzschia sigmoidea | Diatom |
r |
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| Oedogonium 6µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
r |
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| Oedogonium 15µm. | Chlorophyte |
f/c |
r/f |
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| Oedogonium 30µm. | Chlorophyte |
f/c |
f |
r |
f/c |
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| Oscillatoria 8µm. | Cyanobacteria |
r |
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| Oscillatoria 11µm. | Cyanobacteria |
f |
r |
r |
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| Palmodictyon viride | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Pediastrum duplex ?v. rugulosum | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Pediastrum duplex | Chlorophyte |
r |
r |
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| Phormidium 8µm. | Cyanobacteria |
r |
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| Scenedesmus sp. | Chlorophyte |
r/f |
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| Spirogyra 14µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
r |
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| Spirogyra 28µm. | Chlorophyte |
r |
r |
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| Spirogyra 35µm. | Chlorophyte |
f/c |
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| Spondylosium planum | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Staurastrum armigerum fo. furcigerum | Chlorophyte |
f |
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| Staurastrum cingulum | Chlorophyte |
f |
f/c |
f |
f |
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| Staurastrum hirsutum fo. muricatum | Chlorophyte |
f |
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| Staurastrum lunatum | Chlorophyte |
c |
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| Staurodesmus dejectus | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Tabellaria flocculosa | Diatom |
c |
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| Tabellaria fenestrata v. asterionelloides | Diatom |
f |
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| Tetraedron ? | Chlorophyte |
r |
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| Ulothrix 8µm. | Chlorophyte |
f |
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| ?Westella botrydioides | Chlorophyte |
f |
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| Zygnema 20µm. | Chlorophyte |
r/f |
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John Kinross