Isle of Lismore lochs: preliminary study - Aug. 2016
(samples collected by D Jardine)

Lismore lies in the Firth of Lorn and is more fertile than most of the nearby Scottish mainland or islands, due to its limestone geology.
Its name in Gaelic means ' the big garden'. It contains 3 major lochs which have quite deep, fairly clear waters.

 
 
Kilcheran Loch
Loch Balnagowan
Loch Fiart
 
NM 830394
NM 858426
NM 812379
pH (paper)
7-8
7-8
7-8
Anabaena sp.  
Caloneis amphisbaena ;
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Calothrix  
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Ceratium  
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Chaetophora incrassata  
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Chara sp.  
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Closterium aciculare  
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Cosmarium botrytis  
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Cosmarium moniliforme  
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Cylindrocystis  
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Cymatopleura solea  
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Cymbella aspera  
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Dichothrix  
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Diploneis ovalis  
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Encyonema  
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Epithemia adnata  
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Fragilaria  
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Gloeocystis  
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Gomphonema  
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Hyalotheca  
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Mallomonas  
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Microcystis  
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Mougeotia 8 µm  
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Mougeotia 16 µm  
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Mougeotia 20µm  
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Mougeotia 24µm  
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Navicula gregaria  
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Navicula lanceolata  
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Navicula oblonga  
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Navicula radiosa  
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Navicula reinhardtii  
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Nitzschia recta  
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Nitzschia scalaris
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Oedogonium 15µm  
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Oscillatoria 8µm  
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Pediastrum  
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Pediastrum boryanum  
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Scenedesmus  
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Spirogyra 11µm  
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Spirogyra 17µm  
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Spirogyra 21µm  
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Staurastrum  
Staurastrum cingulum v. obesum  
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Staurodesmus dejectus fo. apiculatus  
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Tabellaria fenestrata v. asterionelloides  
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Tolypothrix
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Zygnema 20µm  
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Zygnema 27µm  
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John Kinross