Millport reservoirs, November 2004

		UPPER		LOWER
Taxon	Group	Net plankton	Periphyton/ Epiphyton	Net plankton	Periphyton/ Epiphyton

Anabaena sp.	cyano	frequent		common
Aphanizomenon	cyano	common	common	abundant
?Aphanothece stagnina	cyano			?rare
Asterionella formosa	diat	common	rare	frequent	rare
Asterocystis (Chroodactylon)	rhodo				rare
Botryococcus sp.	chlor	rare
Ceratium hirundinella	dino	rare
Chroococcus limneticus	cyano	rare
Cladophora	chlor		frequent
Closterium ?acutum	desm				rare
Closterium setaceum	desm	rare
Closterium ?venus	desm			rare
Cocconeis	diat				frequent
Coelastrum	chlor	frequent			rare
Coelosphaerium	cyano	rare		rare
Coenococcus planctonicus	chlor	rare
Coenococcus polycoccus	chlor			rare
Cosmarium depressum	desm			rare
Cosmarium turpinii	desm			rare
Cymbella lanceolata	diat				frequent
Diatoma tenuis	diat		frequent		common
Diatoma vulgaris	diat				rare
Dictyosphaerium	chlor	rare		rare	rare
Encyonema caespitosum	diat				rare
Fragilaria capucina	diat		frequent		frequent
Gomphonema truncatum	diat		frequent		rare
Gonatozygon kinahanii	chlor		rare
Kirchneriella	chlor	rare		rare
Mallomonas	crypto			rare
Melosira sp.	diat	common		frequent	frequent
Melosira varians	diatom		?frequent
Microcystis aeruginosa	cyano	?rare
Microcystis flos-aquae	cyano
Mougeotia sp 5µm.	chlor				common
Mougeotia sp 11µm.	chlor		frequent		common
Mougeotia sp 14µm.	chlor	rare
Mougeotia sp 17µm.	chlor		frequent
Mougeotia sp 20µm.	chlor				rare
Navicula digitoradiata	diat		frequent		rare
Nitzschia vermicularis	diat				rare
Oedogonium sp. ~14µm	chlor		rare		frequent
Oedogonium sp. ~30µm	chlor			rare
Oscillatoria sp. ~3µm	cyano				rare
Oscillatoria sp. ~8µm	cyano	common	common
Pandorina sp.	flagell	rare
Pediastrum boryanum	chlor	frequent			frequent
Pediastrum duplex	chlor			frequent	frequent
Pediastrum tetras	chlor				rare
Pseudanabaena sp.	cyano				frequent
Radiococcus planctonicus ?(see Coenococcus)	chloro	rare		rare
Scenedesmus sp.	chlor	rare		rare	rare
Spirogyra 17µm.	chlor		common	frequent	frequent
Spirogyra 20µm.	chlor				common
Staurastrum longipes	desm	rare
Staurastrum planctonicum	desm	rare		rare
Synedra acus	diat			frequent	frequent
Synedra berolinensis	diat				frequent
Synedra ulna	diat				frequent
Woronichinia naegliella	cyano	common	common	common	frequent
Zygnema 20µm	chlor				common


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John Kinross

2/11/2004	Temp. °C	Conductivity µS	pH
Upper	9	210	7.7
Lower	9	237	7.9