Algae10-26-03

Phytoplankton (Algae) and Zooplankton
Collected and Identified
in Little Fresh Pond and Black's Nook
by Squizzle Plekavich

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December 23rd, 2006, 2:25pm, Black s Nook.
Water temperature 42.2 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Synura (bloom)
Dinobryon (bloom)

Synura & Dinobryon have taken over again.

Zooplankton
Rotifers (Keratella & Brachionus)

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December 23rd, 2006, 2:35pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 41.6 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Dinobryon
Pediastrum
Asterionella
Mallamonas
Synura
Fragilaria
Spirogyra
Scenedesmus
Microcystis
Tabellaria
Peridinium
Merismopedia

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods
Ostracods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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November 26th, 2006, 2:10pm, Black s Nook.
Water temperature 44.8 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Asterionella
Synura
Dinobryon
Mallamonas
Synura & Dinobryon appear again, but Synura has the larger population this month (compared to last month).
Asterionella is the most numerous this month, possibly due to the colder water temperature.

Zooplankton
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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November 26th, 2006, 1:45pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 45.5 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Asterionella
Scenedesmus
Dinobryon
Mallamonas
Tabellaria
Staurastrum
Anabena

Zooplankton
Ostracods
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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October 28th, 2006, 2:15pm, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 49.0 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Dinobryon (bloom)
Synura
Pediastrum
Euglena
Mallamonas
Again we have the Dinobryon & Synura association that we had last month.

Zooplankton
Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus)

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October 28th, 2006, 2:10pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 49.2 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Asterionella
Staurastrum
Scenedesmus
Mallamonas
Anacystis
Spirogyra
Closterium
Tabellaria
Euglena
Fragilaria

Zooplankton
Ostracods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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September 16th, 2006, 4:10pm, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 71.6 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Dinobryon
Synura
Ceratium
Staurastrum
Euglena
Selanastrum
Ankistrodesmus
Pediastrum
Spirogyra
Again we have Dinobryon & Synura appearing together as they did in Dec. 05

Zooplankton
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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September 16th, 2006, 4:25pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 72.4 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum (bloom)
as it has been since July this year.
Ceratium
Euglena
Anabena
Staurastrum
Asterionella
Scenedesmus
Peridinium
Microcystis
Tabellaria
Malamonas
Spirogyra

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Daphnia & Bosmina)
Copepods
Ostracods
Rotifers (Filinia, Keratella, & Conochilus)

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August 19th, 2006, 5:05pm, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 79.5 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Ceratium
Scenedesmus
Selanastrum
Synura
Anabena
Spirogyra
Staurastrum
Eudorina
Micrasterias
Euglena
Microcystis
Ankistrodesmus
Pediastrum
Chlamydomonas

Zooplankton
Rotifers

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August 19th, 2006, 5:15pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 79.6 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum (bloom)
Ceratium
Staurastrum
Euglena
Scenedesmus
Microcystis
Anacystis
Spirogyra
Anabena
Coelastrum

There were so many Pediastrum, in this sample, that there was little room for other phytoplankton.

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Daphnia)
Copepods
Ostracods
Rotifers

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July 29th, 2006, 4:05pm, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 86.6 degrees F.
Little Fresh Pond wins the award for the greatest concentration of phytoplankton, but Black's Nook wins the award for the greatest diversity of phytoplankton this month.

Phytoplankton
Anabena
Euglena
Ankistrodesmus
Staurastrum
Selenastrum
Micrasterias
Pediastrum (a frequent resident here & in Little Fresh Pond)
Eudorina
Bulbochaete
Fragilaria
Peridinium
Synura
2 unidentified filamentous phytoplankton

Zooplankton
Rotifers (Keratella)

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July 29th, 2006, 3:40pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 87.0 degrees F.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum (bloom)
Peridinium (bloom)
Ceratium
Staurastrum
Scenedesmus
Euglena
Spirogyra

Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers(Keratella, Filinia, & Brachionus)

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June 25th, 2006, 11:30am, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 73.4 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Ceratium (bloom)
Euglena
Anabena
Selenastrum
Ankistrodesmus
Synura
Pediastrum
Eudorina

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods
Rotifers (Asplanchna)

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June 25th, 2006, 11:15am, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 73.9 degrees F.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Ceratium
Scenedesmus
Staurastrum
Asterionella
Euglena

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Daphnia)
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus)

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May 29th, 2006, 10:20am, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 71.0 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Ceratium
Pediastrum
Dinobryon
Synura

Zooplankton
Copepods
Ostracods
Rotifers

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May 29th, 2006, 10:00am, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 71.8 degrees F.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Asterionella
Scenedesmus
Closterium
Staurastrum
Euglena
Fragilaria
Tabellaria
Synura
Navicula

Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Rotifers (Keratella)

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April 29th,2006, 3pm, Black's Nook.
Water temperature 64.4 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Fragilaria
Scenedesmus
Dinobryon
Closterium
Staurastrum

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods (Cyclops)
Ostracods
Rotifers

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April 22nd, 2006, 3:30pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 56.8 degrees F.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Dinobryon (bloom)
Staurastrum
Pediastrum
Ceratium
Synura

Zooplankton
Copepods (Cyclops)
Ostracods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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March 25th, 2006, 2:30pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 45.3 degrees F.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Asterionella (bloom)
Scenedesmus
Pediastrum
Closterium
Fragilaria
Tabillaria
Navicula
Anomoeoneis?
Synura

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods (Cyclops)
Ostracods
Rotifers (Keratella)

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February 25th, 2006, 5:00pm, Little Fresh Pond
Water temperature 33.4 degrees F with a thin ice cover.
This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Fragilaria
Tabillaria
Synura
Asterionella
Spyrogyra
(There were few phytoplankton overall in this sample)

Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods (Cyclops)
Ostracods
Rotifers (Brachionus)
(There were many zooplankton in this sample)

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January 22nd, 2006, 1:00pm, Little Fresh Pond.
Water temperature 37.4 degrees F.

Phytoplankton
Pediastrum
Scenedesmus
Tabillaria
Fragilaria
Asterionella
Staurastrum
Dinobryon
Glaucocystis?
Netrium

Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)
Ostracods

Phytoplankton (Algae) and Zooplankton Collected and Identified in Little Fresh Pond and Black's Nook by Squizzle Plekavich
2006
__________________________________________________________________ December 23rd, 2006, 2:25pm, Black s Nook. Water temperature 42.2 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Synura (bloom) Dinobryon (bloom) Synura & Dinobryon have taken over again.	Zooplankton Rotifers (Keratella & Brachionus)
__________________________________________________________________ December 23rd, 2006, 2:35pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 41.6 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Dinobryon Pediastrum Asterionella Mallamonas Synura Fragilaria Spirogyra Scenedesmus Microcystis Tabellaria Peridinium Merismopedia	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Bosmina) Copepods Ostracods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ November 26th, 2006, 2:10pm, Black s Nook. Water temperature 44.8 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Asterionella Synura Dinobryon Mallamonas Synura & Dinobryon appear again, but Synura has the larger population this month (compared to last month). Asterionella is the most numerous this month, possibly due to the colder water temperature.	Zooplankton Copepods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ November 26th, 2006, 1:45pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 45.5 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Asterionella Scenedesmus Dinobryon Mallamonas Tabellaria Staurastrum Anabena	Zooplankton Ostracods Copepods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ October 28th, 2006, 2:15pm, Black's Nook. Water temperature 49.0 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Dinobryon (bloom) Synura Pediastrum Euglena Mallamonas Again we have the Dinobryon & Synura association that we had last month.	Zooplankton Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus)
__________________________________________________________________ October 28th, 2006, 2:10pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 49.2 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Asterionella Staurastrum Scenedesmus Mallamonas Anacystis Spirogyra Closterium Tabellaria Euglena Fragilaria	Zooplankton Ostracods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ September 16th, 2006, 4:10pm, Black's Nook. Water temperature 71.6 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Dinobryon Synura Ceratium Staurastrum Euglena Selanastrum Ankistrodesmus Pediastrum Spirogyra Again we have Dinobryon & Synura appearing together as they did in Dec. 05	Zooplankton Copepods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ September 16th, 2006, 4:25pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 72.4 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum (bloom) as it has been since July this year. Ceratium Euglena Anabena Staurastrum Asterionella Scenedesmus Peridinium Microcystis Tabellaria Malamonas Spirogyra	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Daphnia & Bosmina) Copepods Ostracods Rotifers (Filinia, Keratella, & Conochilus)
__________________________________________________________________ August 19th, 2006, 5:05pm, Black's Nook. Water temperature 79.5 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Ceratium Scenedesmus Selanastrum Synura Anabena Spirogyra Staurastrum Eudorina Micrasterias Euglena Microcystis Ankistrodesmus Pediastrum Chlamydomonas	Zooplankton Rotifers
__________________________________________________________________ August 19th, 2006, 5:15pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 79.6 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum (bloom) Ceratium Staurastrum Euglena Scenedesmus Microcystis Anacystis Spirogyra Anabena Coelastrum There were so many Pediastrum, in this sample, that there was little room for other phytoplankton.	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Daphnia) Copepods Ostracods Rotifers
__________________________________________________________________ July 29th, 2006, 4:05pm, Black's Nook. Water temperature 86.6 degrees F. Little Fresh Pond wins the award for the greatest concentration* of phytoplankton, but Black's Nook wins the award for the greatest diversity of phytoplankton this month*.
Phytoplankton Anabena Euglena Ankistrodesmus Staurastrum Selenastrum Micrasterias Pediastrum (a frequent resident here & in Little Fresh Pond) Eudorina Bulbochaete Fragilaria Peridinium Synura 2 unidentified filamentous phytoplankton	Zooplankton Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ July 29th, 2006, 3:40pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 87.0 degrees F. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum (bloom) Peridinium (bloom) Ceratium Staurastrum Scenedesmus Euglena Spirogyra	Zooplankton Cladocerans Copepods Rotifers(Keratella, Filinia, & Brachionus)
__________________________________________________________________ June 25th, 2006, 11:30am, Black's Nook. Water temperature 73.4 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Ceratium (bloom) Euglena Anabena Selenastrum Ankistrodesmus Synura Pediastrum Eudorina	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Bosmina) Copepods Rotifers (Asplanchna)
__________________________________________________________________ June 25th, 2006, 11:15am, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 73.9 degrees F. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Ceratium Scenedesmus Staurastrum Asterionella Euglena	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Daphnia) Copepods Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus)
__________________________________________________________________ May 29th, 2006, 10:20am, Black's Nook. Water temperature 71.0 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Ceratium Pediastrum Dinobryon Synura	Zooplankton Copepods Ostracods Rotifers
__________________________________________________________________ May 29th, 2006, 10:00am, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 71.8 degrees F. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Asterionella Scenedesmus Closterium Staurastrum Euglena Fragilaria Tabellaria Synura Navicula	Zooplankton Copepods Cladocerans (Bosmina) Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ April 29th,2006, 3pm, Black's Nook. Water temperature 64.4 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Fragilaria Scenedesmus Dinobryon Closterium Staurastrum	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Bosmina) Copepods (Cyclops) Ostracods Rotifers
__________________________________________________________________ April 22nd, 2006, 3:30pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 56.8 degrees F. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Dinobryon (bloom) Staurastrum Pediastrum Ceratium Synura	Zooplankton Copepods (Cyclops) Ostracods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ March 25th, 2006, 2:30pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 45.3 degrees F. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Asterionella (bloom) Scenedesmus Pediastrum Closterium Fragilaria Tabillaria Navicula Anomoeoneis? Synura	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Bosmina) Copepods (Cyclops) Ostracods Rotifers (Keratella)
__________________________________________________________________ February 25th, 2006, 5:00pm, Little Fresh Pond Water temperature 33.4 degrees F with a thin ice cover. This sample was taken while the pond was experiencing renovations.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Fragilaria Tabillaria Synura Asterionella Spyrogyra (There were few phytoplankton overall in this sample)	Zooplankton Cladocerans (Bosmina) Copepods (Cyclops) Ostracods Rotifers (Brachionus) (There were many zooplankton in this sample)
__________________________________________________________________ January 22nd, 2006, 1:00pm, Little Fresh Pond. Water temperature 37.4 degrees F.
Phytoplankton Pediastrum Scenedesmus Tabillaria Fragilaria Asterionella Staurastrum Dinobryon Glaucocystis? Netrium	Zooplankton Cladocerans Copepods Rotifers (Keratella) Ostracods