Collected during the MSc Aquatic Ecosystem Management's October 2007 field trip to the Marine Station

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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 indicated.
New additions to the species list are illustrated where possible.

Reservoirs		Camphill	Millport upper		Millport Lower
Presumptive coliforms/100ml
	Temp. °C	10.1	10.1		9.3
	pH	6.8	7.8		8.2
	Conductivity µS	92.6	232		239
Species	Group	net plankton	net plankton	periphyton	net plankton	periphyton
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Ankistrodesmus sp.	Chlorophyte			+
Asterionella formosa	diatom	+	+		+
Asterococcus	Chlorophyte	+
Asterocystis (Chroodactylon)	Chlorophyte			+
Aulacoseira sp.	Diatom	+++	+	+
Botryococcus sp.	Chlorophyte		+		++	+
Bulbochaete	Chlorophyte	+	+
Ceratium hirundinella	Dinoflagellate		+		+
Chamaesiphon	Cyanobacteria	+
Closterium moniliferum	Chlorophyte			+	+	+
Closterium setaceum	Chlorophyte				+
Closterium ?venus	Chlorophyte			+
Cocconeis placentula	Diatom					+
Coelastrum sphaericum	Chlorophyte		++	+	+
Coelosphaerium (see also Woronichinia)	Cyanobacteria		+
Cosmarium depressum v. planctonicum	Chlorophyte		+
Cosmarium subcrenatum	Chlorophyte		+
Cymatopleura elliptica	Diatom				+
Cymbella aspera	Diatom	+
Cymbella lanceolata	Diatom					+
Desmidium swartzii	Chlorophyte	+
Diatoma ?tenuis	Diatom			+		+
Diatoma vulgaris	Diatom		+
Dictyosphaerium	Chlorophyte	+		+
Dinobryon sp.	Flagellate				+
Encyonema sp.	Diatom					+
Eudorina sp.	Flagellate				+
Fragilaria capucina	Diatom				++	+
Gomphonema truncatum	Diatom					+
Gyrosigma acuminatum	Diatom				+	+
Kirchneriella	Chlorophyte				+
Mallomonas caudata	Chrysophyte				+
Microcystis sp.	Cyanobacteria				++
Mougeotia 8µm.	Chlorophyte				+
Mougeotia 11µm. (conjugating)	Chlorophyte			+		+
Mougeotia 14µm.	Chlorophyte					+
Mougeotia 16µm.	Chlorophyte			+
Mougeotia 22µm.	Chlorophyte	+	+	+
Navicula ?subrhychocephala	Diatom					+
Oedogonium 15µm.	Chlorophyte	+		+		+
Oedogonium 30µm.	Chlorophyte			++		+
Oscillatoria 8µm.	Cyanobacteria	+				+
Pediastrum angulosum	Chlorophyte			+
Pediastrum boryanum	Chlorophyte				+
Pediastrum duplex	Chlorophyte		+	+
Phormidium 8µm.	Cyanobacteria			+
Pleurotaenium trabecula	Chlorophyte		+		+
Rhoicosphenia curvata	Diatom					+
Scenedesmus sp.	Chlorophyte			+
?Sphaerocystis	Chlorophyte	+
Spirogyra 11 µm.	Chlorophyte					+
Spirogyra 20µm.	Chlorophyte	+		+
Spirogyra 25µm.	Chlorophyte					+
Staurastrum sp.	Chlorophyte		+
Staurastrum ?anatinum	Chlorophyte		+
Staurastrum ?avicula	Chlorophyte	+
Staurastrum armigerum fo. furcigerum	Chlorophyte	+
Staurastrum ?brebissonii	Chlorophyte	+
Staurastrum chaetoceras	Chlorophyte		+	+	+
Staurastrum planctonicum	Chlorophyte		+		+
Stenopterobia sigmatella	Diatom				+
Stigeoclonium sp.	Chlorophyte					+
Synedra sp.	Diatom		+	+		++
Tabellaria fenestrata v. asterionelloides	Diatom	+++			+	+
Tabellaria flocculosa	Diatom	+
Tetracyclus lacustris	Diatom					+
Ulothrix 11µm.	Chlorophyte	+
Woronichinia	Cyanobacteria	+++	+++		+++
Xanthidium antilopaeum fo. depauperatum	Chlorophyte	+
Zygnema 20µm.	Chlorophyte				+	+++

John Kinross