Phytoplankton (Algae) and Zooplankton
Collected
and Identified
in Little Fresh Pond and Black's Nook
by
Squizzle Plekavich
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2012
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Black's
Nook 11:00 am, 12/16/12.
Water temperature 38.1 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Synura
Dinobryon
Uroglenopsis
Cosmarium
Microspora
Mallomonas
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Rotifers (Brachionus, Keratella)
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Little Fresh
Pond
11:30am, 12/16/12.
Water temperature 37.7 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Closteriopsis (?) (110/ml)
Schroderia (8/ml)
Synura
Scenedesmus (5/ml)
Uroglenopsis (1/ml)
Dinobryon (3/ml)
Microspora (2/ml)
Pediastrum (2/ml)
Euglena (1/ml)
Ankistrodesmus (1/ml)
Mallomonas (1/ml)
Asterionella
Fragilaria
Closterium
Tabellaria
Selanastrum.
The Synura,Uroglenopsis,Dinobryon association returns.
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Zooplankton
Zooplankton-
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Brachionus, Asplanchna)
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Black's
Nook 11:30am, 11/4/12.
Water temperature 52.9 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Dinobryon
Synura
Desmidium
Staurastrum
Scenedesmus
Cosmarium
Mallomonas
Microspora
Euglena
Palmella
Coelastrum
Micrasterias
Closterium
Selanastrum
Peridinium
Spirogyra
Fragilaria
Pediastrum
Sphaerozosma
Dimorphoccus
Trachelomonas
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans
Rotifers (Synchaeta)
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Little Fresh
Pond
1:25pm, 11/4/12.
Water temperature 54.7 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Microspora (31/ml)
Scenedesmus (13/ml)
Pediastrum (10/ml)
Palmella (8/ml)
Euglena (6/ml)
Staurastrum (1/ml)
Mallomonas (3/ml)
Anacystis (28/ml)
Fragilaria
Tabellaria
Coelastrum (1/ml)
Selanastrum
Ankistrodesmus (1/ml)
Microcystis
Uroglenopsis
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans
Rotifers (Synchaeta,Keratella)
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Black's
Nook 4:50pm 10/13/12.
Water temperature 55.3 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Desmidium
Synura
Dinobryon
Coelastrum
Ankistrodesmus
Fragilaria
Staurastrum
Oedogonium
Docidium
Anabaena
Schroederia
Closterium
Pediastrum
Selanastrum
Spirogyra
Anacystis
Micrasterias
Marssoniella
Euglena
Peridinium
Spirotaenia
Phytoconis
Stigeoclonium
Microspora
Mallomonas
Ceratium
Scenedesmus
Black's Nook is the place to find diversity. Ceratium
is not usually found this late in the year.
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods (Cyclops)
Rotifers (Synchaeta, Monostyla)
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Little Fresh
Pond
5:05pm, 10/13/12.
Water temperature 56.4 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Microspora (11/ml)
Microcystis (40/ml)
Scenedesmus (5/ml)
Pediastrum (1/ml)
Selanastrum
Staurastrum
Synura
Euglena
Fragilaria
Coelastrum
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Ostracods
Rotifers
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Black's
Nook 1:05pm, 9/9/12.
Water temperature 74.1 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Synura
Ceratium
Desmidium
Staurastrum
Coelastrum
Ankistrodesmus
Micrasterias
Selanastrum
Eudorina
Euglena
Oedogonium
Navicula
Anabaena
Cosmarium
Pediastrum
Gymbella
Closterium
Fragilaria
Mallomonas
Bulbochaete
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Lepadella)
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Little Fresh
Pond
5:20pm, 9/9/12 .
Water temperature 77.5 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Microcystis (315/ml)
Staurastrum (3/ml)
Pediastrum (1/ml)
Ceratium (2/ml)
Palmella (17/ml)
Microspora (1/ml)
Euglena (1/ml)
Synura
Dinobryon
Fragilaria
Mallomonas
Scenedesmus
Phytoconis
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)
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Black's
Nook 5:00pm, 8/25/12.
Water temperature 79.3 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Desmidium
Oedogonium
Micrasterias
Fragilaria
Coelastrum
Staurastrum
Pediastrum
Ankistrodesmus
Sphaerozosma
Anabaena
Docidium
Cosmarium
Spirogyra
Bulbochaete
Gymbella
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella)
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Little Fresh
Pond
5:20pm, 8/25/12.
Water temperature 83.2 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Microcystis (69/ml)
Microspora (3/ml)
Pediastrum (1/ml)
Staurastrum (4/ml)
Dinobryon (1/ml)
Oedogonium
Fragilaria
Merismopedia (8/ml)
Euglena (2/ml)
Scenedesmus
Ceratium
Coelastrum
Synura
Peridinium
Anacystis
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans
Rotifers (Keratella,Brachionus, Filinia,Conochilus)
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Black's
Nook 4:30pm, 7/21/12.
Water temperature 85.9 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Sphaerozosma
Spirogyra
Desmidium
Ankistrodesmus
Volvox
Staurastrum
Anabaena
Microspora
Micrasterias
Oedogonium
Palmella
Eudorina
Coelastrum
Fragilaria
Pediastrum
Protoderma
Cosmarium
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Zooplankton
Rotifers
Copepods
Cladocerans
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Little Fresh
Pond
4:50pm, 7/21/12
Water temperature 85.4 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Pediastrum (5/ml)
Microspora (3/ml)
Microcystis (45/ml)
Palmella (10/ml)
Anabaena (3/ml)
Scenedesmus (2/ml)
Spirogyra
Dinobryon
Selanastrum
Oedogonium
Ceratium
Coelastrum
Fragilaria
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Zooplankton
Rotifers (Keratella)
Copepods
Cladocerans
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Black's
Nook 8:00pm, 6/16/12.
Water temperature 73.6 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Cosmarium
Desmidium
Staurastrum
Coelastrum
Fragilaria
Anabaena
Schroederia
Sphaerozosma
Eudorina
Oedogonium
Ankistrodesmus
Spirogyra
Scenedesmus
Pediastrum
Docidium
Selanastrum
Euglena
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Synchaeta)
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Little Fresh
Pond
7:45pm, 6/16/12.
Water temperature 74.0 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Microcystis (120/ml)
Pediastrum (3/ml)
Microspora (2/ml)
Ceratium (2/ml)
Scenedesmus (2/ml)
Dinobryon
Mallomonas (1/ml)
Asterionella
Phytoconis
Peridinium (1/ml)
Merismopedia (1/ml)
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods
Rotifers (Asplanchna)
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Black's
Nook 9:10am, 5/28/12.
Water temperature 73.7 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Ceratium
Scenedesmus
Sphaerozosma
Staurastrum
Anabaena
Anacystis
Mallomonas
Desmidium
Pediastrum
Selanastrum
Coelastrum
Dinobryon
Asterionella
Eudorina
Trachelomonas
Synura
Docidium
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Brachionus)
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Little Fresh
Pond
9:25am, 5/28/12.
Water temperature 74.9 F.
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Phytoplankton
Anabaena (261 chains called trichomes /ml, the average trichome was
~ 26 cells long)
Ceratium
Pediastrum
Microspora
Microcystis
Euglena
Staurastrum
Mallomonas
Coelastrum
Scenedesmus
Peridinium
Palmella
Spirogyra
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Filinia, Asplanchna)
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Black's
Nook 7:15pm, 4/21/12.
Water temperature 69.2 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Uroglenopsis
Staurastrum
Ceratium
Scenedesmus
Dinobryon
Coelastrum
Desmisium
Fragilaria
Selanastrum
Microspora
Anabaena
Euglena
Schroederia
Peridinium
Pediastrum
Synura
Spirogyra
Closterium
Anacystis
Cosmarium
Mallomonas
The Synura, Uroglenopsis, Dinobryon associoation returns.
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans
Rotifers (Keratella, Synchaeta, Brachionus, unknown rotifer)
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Little Fresh
Pond
7:00pm, 4/21/12.
Water temperature 68.1 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Scenedesmus (27/ml)
Dinobryon (21/ml)
Pediastrum (17/ml)
Microspora (15/ml)
Fragilaria (1/ml)
Anacystis (5/ml)
Staurastrum (2/ml)
Coelastrum (1/ml)
Microcystis
unknown green algae
Closterium
Mallomonas
Selanastrum
Trachelomonas
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Rotifers (Keratella,Synchaeta)
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Black's
Nook 5:55pm, 3/24/12 .
Water temperature 60.7 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Synura
Peridinium
Staurastrum
Fragilaria
Asterionella
Microspora
Sphaerozosma
Coelastrum
Mallomonas
Pediastrum
Desmidium
Euglena
Ankistrodesmus
Ceratium (a month early this year)
Closterium
Anabaena
Surirella
Merismopedia
Schroederia
unknown green filamentous algae
Cosmarium
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Zooplankton
Copepods (Cyclops)
Cladocerans
Rotifers (Keratella, Synchaeta, Brachionus, Filinia)
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Little Fresh
Pond
5:40pm, 3/24/12.
Water temperature 60.7 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Asterionella (51/ml)
Microspora (40/ml)
Scenedesmus (22/ml)
Pediastrum (8/ml)
Microcystis
Dinobryon (4/ml)
Peridinium
Tabellaria
Staurastrum (1/ml)
Fragilaria
Ankistrodesmus (1/ml)
Synura
Palmella
Navicula
Closterium
Surirella
Oscillatoria
Trachelomonas
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus, Notommata - found in a non parasitic
state)
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Black's
Nook 5:15pm, 2/18/12.
Water temperature 41.2 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Synura
Dinobryon
Microspora
Staurastrum
Fragilaria
Asterionella
Peridinium
Uroglenopsis
The Synura, Uroglenopsis,Dinobryon association continues.
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Zooplankton
Copepods (Cyclops)
Rotifers (Keratella, Synchaeta, Brachionus)
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Little Fresh
Pond
5:30pm, 2/18/12.
Water temperature 41.8 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Asterionella (9/ml)
Pediastum (1/ml)
Dinobryon
Tabellaria (16/ml)
Microcystis
Microspora (1/ml)
Synura (2/ml)
Scenedesmus
Staurastrum
Fragilaria
Peridinium (1/ml)
Gomphosphaeria
Closterium
Cosmarium
Oscillatoria
Surirella
Oedogonium
Navicula
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Brachionus, Notommata) Notommata was found as a
parasite on Gomphosphaeria - 8 examples of this parasitism found.
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Black's
Nook 2:20pm, 1/14/12.
Water temperature 35.8 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Dinobryon
Synura
Staurastrum
Fragilaria
Microspora
Peridinium
Asterionella
Ankistrodesmus
Mallomonas
Coelastrum
Stigeoclonium
Protoderma
Oedogonium
Phytoconis
Cosmarium
Desmidium
Docidium
Uroglenopsis
The Synura, Uroglenopsis, Dinobryon association has returned.
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Zooplankton
Copepods
Rotifers (Keratella, Synchaeta)
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Little Fresh
Pond
2:40pm, 1/14/12.
Water temperature 37.8 degrees F.
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Phytoplankton
Asterionella (5/ml)
Pediastrum (1/ml)
Dinobryon (3/ml)
Scenedesmus
Microspora (1/ml)
Fragilaria
Peridinium
Ankistrodesmus
Tabellaria
Schroederia
Synura
Microcystis
Mallomonas
Euglena (1/ml)
Staurastrum
Oedogonium
Navicula
Palmella
Docidium
Cymatopleura
Trachelomonas
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Zooplankton
Cladocerans
Copepods
Cladocerans (Bosmina)
Rotifers (Keratella, Asplanchna, Brachionus)
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